as a joke.She suggested laughingly that he should try it himself.con risas ˈlaughternoun the act or sound of laughing.We could hear laughter / the sound of laughter from the next room.risa,carcajada ˈlaughing-stocknoun someone who is laughed at.If I wear that hat, I'll be a lau...
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express joy,express mirth,laugh- produce laughter Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. snicker verb 1.snigger,laugh,giggle,smirk,titterWe all snickered at her. noun 1.snigger,laugh,giggle,tittera chorus of jeers and snickers ...
“Perhaps Gus only said it to frighten you.” “No—I heard her tell Bertha Dorset that she had six months to put in while her husband was taking the cure in the Engadine. You should have seen Bertha look vacant! But it’s no joke, you know—if she stays here all the autumn ...
In a moment the pair were abreast of him again, dissolved in laughter now—not such strident mirth as he would have expected in the North from actresses in this familiar comedy, but a soft, low rippling, like the overflow from some subtle joke, into which he had inadvertently blundered. ...
2 [I, Ipr] (of an engine, etc) fail to start or function properly (指发动机等)不能正常发动或工作: The engine is misfiring badly on one cylinder. 发动机有一个汽缸严重失灵. 3 [I] (fig infml 比喻, 口) fail to have the desired effect 未得到预期的结果; 未能奏效: The joke misfired ...
“The sun is high, at the zenith. Clear soft sound of a temple bell far down in the valley. Voices of children near the cottages above me on the mountainside. The sun is warm. Everything falls into place. Nothing is to be decided … There is nothing to be judged.”[vi] ...
When a joke isn’t funny: Online group of scholars of planning and geography divided over one professor’s sexist humor – And how others reacted to it. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/29/sexist-joke-leads-debate-and-118-resignations-academic-...
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anyt...