3N-UNCOUNT 幽默;诙谐;滑稽Humour is a quality in something that makes you laugh, for example in a situation, in someone's words or actions, or in a book or film. 幽默;诙谐;滑稽
She felt sorry for the man but couldn't ignore the humour of the situation. [+ of]
4N-VAR 心情;情绪 If you are in a good humour, you feel cheerful and happy, and are pleasant to people. If you are in a bad humour, you feel bad-tempered and unhappy, and are unpleasant to people. 心情;情绪
Christina was still not clear why he had been in such ill humour.
克里斯蒂娜仍搞不清楚为什么他情绪这么差。
Next day, Louis XIV was in the best of humours.
第二天,路易十四心情好得不得了。
Did the old boy drink? Could that have been the source of his good humour?
5N-UNCOUNT [adjective NOUN]精神状态 If you do something with good humour, you do it cheerfully and pleasantly. 精神状态
Hugo bore his illness with great courage and good humour.
雨果以巨大的勇气和良好的精神状态面对疾病。
6VERB 迁就;迎合 If you humour someone who is behaving strangely, you try to please them or pretend to agree with them, so that they will not become upset. 迁就;迎合
She disliked Dido but was prepared to tolerate her for a weekend in order to humour her husband. [VERB noun]
Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brainEdward De Bono
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understandingAgnes RepplierIn Pursuit of Laughter
The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heavenMark TwainFollowing the Equator
There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humorH.L. MenckenA Mencken Chrestomathy
There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry themRobert BenchleyWhat Does It Mean?
Humour is falling downstairs if you do it while in the act of warning your wife not toKenneth Bird
Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillityJames Thurber
1 (BrE) (NAmEhumor) amusing quality/ability to find things funny幽默感ADJECTIVE | ... OF HUMOUR/HUMOR | VERB + HUMOUR/HUMOR | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wry揶揄的幽默◇With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes.他們對自己的倒霉事兒加以揶揄。➤ironic, tongue-in-cheek諷刺性/挖苦的幽默▸➤self-deprecating自我貶低的幽默▸➤deadpan, dry冷幽默▸➤gentle, subtle高雅的/巧妙的幽默▸➤sly狡黠的幽默▸➤irreverent無禮的幽默▸➤black, dark, gallows, grim黑色幽默;面臨大難時的幽默;冷酷的幽默▸➤caustic, sardonic刻薄的/諷刺的幽默▸➤slapstick, visual鬧劇式的幽默;視覺幽默▸➤unintentional不經意的詼諧▸➤schoolboy (BrE) 淺薄的幽默◇His colleagues soon got fed up with his schoolboy humour.他的同事很快就厭倦了他那種幼稚的玩笑。➤lavatorial, toilet (both especially BrE) 低俗的幽默▸➤gross-out (informal, especially NAmE) 令人厭惡的幽默◇This movie takes crude gross-out humour to a new low.這部電影把粗魯的令人作嘔的幽默拉到了新低。... OF HUMOUR/HUMOR➤touch一絲幽默◇Her speech was serious, but not without the occasional touch of humour.她的演講很嚴肅,但偶爾也會透出一絲詼諧。VERB + HUMOUR/HUMOR➤be full of, contain充滿幽默感;包含幽默感◇The stories are full of humour.這些故事充滿了幽默感。➤use使用幽默◇The movie uses humour to make its points.這部電影通過幽默來表達觀點。➤appreciate, see欣賞/領會幽默感◇The man who lost his shoes failed to see the humour of the situation.那個丟了鞋子的男人並未領悟這一情景的幽默之處。PHRASES➤a brand of humour自成一格的幽默◇a television sitcom with its own peculiar brand of humour具有獨特幽默風格的電視情景喜劇➤sense of humour幽默感◇to have a dry / good / great / warped / weird / wicked sense of humour有一種不動聲色的/良好的/很強的/反常的/怪異的/惡作劇式的幽默感humour
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2 (BrE) (NAmEhumor) mood情緒ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤good好心情◇Her good humour was restored by the excellent meal.豐盛的大餐使她恢復了好心情。PHRASES➤in (a) good humour心情好◇The remarks were made in good humour.這番話是在心情頗好的情況下說的。◇He was obviously in a good humour this evening.他今晚顯然心情不錯。
humour ♦︎ wit ♦︎ banter ♦︎ comedy ♦︎ funny sideThese are all words for things that people say or write that are funny or amusing, or the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing.这些词均表示幽默、诙谐。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆gentle / wry humour / wit / comedy◆caustic / sardonic humour / wit◆dry / deadpan / black humour / comedy◆to see / appreciate the humour / comedy / funny side of sth■humour (BrE) (NAmEhumor) [uncountable] the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing; the ability to laugh at things that are amusing幽默;幽默感◆She ignored his feeble attempt at humour.她没理会他想表现却又蹩脚的幽默。◆She has her very own brand of humour.她的幽默很独特。◆He has a good sense of humour.他很有幽默感。 see also humorous ⇨ funny■wit [uncountable, singular] the ability to say or write things that are both clever and amusing措辞巧妙的能力;风趣;才思◆a woman of wit and intelligence聪慧风趣的女子◆a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics一本汇集了他30年政治生涯的才思和智慧的书◆He was blessed with great charm and a quick wit.他极富魅力,才思敏捷。 see also witty ⇨ funny■banter [uncountable] friendly remarks and jokes(善意的)玩笑,打趣◆She engages in friendly banter with her customers.她常和顾客友善地开玩笑。■comedyˈkɒmədi; NAmEkɑːmədi [uncountable] the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing滑稽;幽默;诙谐◆He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation.他感受不到这种局面的滑稽可笑之处。 see also comic ⇨ funny■ˈfunny side [singular] (ratherinformal, spoken) the quality in a situation that makes it amusing滑稽;可笑◆Try and see the funny side of it.试着发掘一下这事滑稽有趣的一面。