Humor
['hjʊmɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; 'she didn't appreciate my humor'; 'you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor'.
(noun.) the quality of being funny; 'I fail to see the humor in it'.
(noun.) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; 'the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile'.
(verb.) put into a good mood.
校對:米里亚姆--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
(n.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
(n.) State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
(n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
(n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
(v. t.) To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
(v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
欧文校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Moisture.[2]. Cutaneous eruption.[3]. Temper, disposition, bent, bias, vein, propensity, predilection, turn of mind, frame of mind.[4]. Mood, fancy, whim, caprice, freak, vagary, crotchet, whimsey, maggot, WRINKLE.[5]. Pleasantry, facetiousness, jocoseness, jocularity, kindly wit.
v. a. [1]. Indulge, gratify, give way to, consult the wishes of.[2]. Favor, suit the nature of, meet the requirements of.
艾格尼丝編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Disposition, temper, mood, caprice, jocoseness, pleasantry, frame, drollery,fun
ANT:Nature, personality, mind, will, purpose, seriousness
埃尔维斯手打
娱乐性解釋/意思:
An outbreak, either of skin or brains frequently branded as Rash.
校對:梅雷迪思
例句/造句/用法:
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Gould had no sense of humor. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The effect of this situation in crippling the teacher's sense of humor has not received the attention which it deserves. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Captain Dufranne is willing to remain, and for my part I am perfectly willing, perfectly willing--as I always have been to humor your childish whims. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- That was really my ignorance, said Dorothea, admiring Will's good-humor. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I am afraid the last-named get the most of it, replied Carriston, with dry humor. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He was in a genial humor, and played the violin for me for about two hours--$2000 worth. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Maurice, having got over his first suspicions of the Greek, soon liked him extremely, as he was a pleasant companion, and always in a good humor. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He had no sense of humor. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And Mrs. Shelby had readily consented to humor her in the requeSt. He won't know Polly,--my old man won't. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Here he was famed for his good-humor and a very original turn of mind. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- We have no such humor now. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is the humor of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers, and declaim against the wickedness of times present. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Humor and pathos make it alive, and you have found your style at last. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Still, I must ask you to humor me a little further. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Lydgate's odious humors and their neighbors' apparent avoidance of them had an unaccountable date for her in their relief from money difficulties. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You know, Dodo, it is very bad, said Celia, in her placid guttural, looking as prettily free from humors as possible. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Tis strange to see the humors of these men, These great aspiring spirits, that should be wise: . 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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