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humour
hjuːməʳ ˈhjumər ˈhjuːmə
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense humours, present participle humouring, past tense , past participle humoured
in AM, use 美国英语用 humor
1 N-UNCOUNT 幽默的谈吐;笑话 You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their humour . 幽默的谈吐;笑话

  • Her humour and determination were a source of inspiration to others.

    她的幽默言谈和坚定决心对其他人来说是一种鼓舞。

2See also:sense of humour 
3 N-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]

    她很同情这个男人，但这一情景又让她忍俊不禁。

SYN comedy, funniness, fun, amusement
4 N-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?

    那老头儿喝酒了吗？会不会是因此心情大好呢？

SYN mood, spirits, temper, disposition
5 N-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。

6 VERB 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]

    她不喜欢迪多，但准备暂时忍受她一个周末，以迁就自己的丈夫。

SYN indulge, accommodate, go along with, spoil
Quotations
Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain Edward De Bono
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding Agnes Repplier In Pursuit of Laughter
The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven Mark Twain Following 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 humor H.L. Mencken A Mencken Chrestomathy
There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them Robert Benchley What Does It Mean?
Humour is falling downstairs if you do it while in the act of warning your wife not to Kenneth Bird
Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity James Thurber
Word Partnership
Word PartnershipUse humour with:
N.

brand of humour, sense of humour 1

ADJ.

good humour 3 4

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