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laugh BrE /lɑːf/
NAmE /læf/► SEE ALLdon’t make me laughfor a laughfor laughshave a (good) laugh (about sth)laugh all the way to the banklaugh your head offlaugh in sb’s facelaugh like a drainlaugh on the other side of your facelaugh sb/sth out of courtlaugh up your sleeve (at sb/sth)you have to laughnot know whether to laugh or cryhave the last laughraise a laugh/smile
●don’t make me ˈlaugh (spoken) used to show that you think what sb has just said is impossible or stupid （表示认为某人说的话不可能或很蠢）别让我笑掉大牙了，别开玩笑了◆‘Will your dad lend you the money?’ ‘Don’t make me laugh!’
“你爸爸会借钱给你吗？”“别开玩笑了！”●for a ˈlaugh●for ˈlaughsfor fun and amusement 逗趣；开玩笑◆‘Why did you hide her glasses?’ ‘Oh, just for a laugh.’
“你为什么把她的眼镜藏起来？”“哦，只是开个玩笑。”◆We all went swimming at 2 a.m. for a laugh.
为了好玩，我们大家都在凌晨 2 点去游泳。●have a (good) ˈlaugh (about sth)find sth amusing 觉得好玩（或有趣）◆I was angry at the time but we had a good laugh about it afterwards.
我当时很生气，可后来我们又觉得十分好笑。●laugh all the way to the ˈbank (informal) make a lot of money easily and feel very pleased about it 发大财而喜笑颜开；一路笑着去银行◆With profits continuing to rise, both investors and company bosses are laughing all the way to the bank.
由于利润的不断增长，投资者和公司老板们全都发了大财，喜笑颜开。●laugh your ˈhead offlaugh very loudly and for a long time 大笑不止；笑疯了◆If old Mr Bradley could see you now he’d laugh his head off.
要是老布拉德利先生看到你现在的样子，一定会笑掉大牙。 OPP cry your eyes out ●laugh in sb’s ˈface (informal) show in a very obvious way that you have no respect for sb 当面嘲笑；公开蔑视◆When I made my suggestion at the meeting, everybody just laughed in my face.
我在会议上提出自己的建议时，大伙儿都公然嘲笑我。●laugh like a ˈdrain (BrE) laugh very loudly 哈哈大笑；纵声大笑◆When I told him what had happened he laughed like a drain, as if it was the funniest thing he’d ever heard.
我把发生的事情告诉他时，他放声大笑，好像这是他听过的最滑稽的事。●laugh on the other side of your ˈface (BrE, informal) be forced to change from feeling pleased or satisfied to feeling disappointed or annoyed 转喜为忧；得意变失意；笑脸变为苦脸◆If you think you’ve tricked me, then you’re wrong! You’ll soon be laughing on the other side of your face!
要是你认为你骗过了我，那你就错了！你很快就会笑脸变苦脸！●laugh sb/sth out of ˈcourt (BrE, informal) refuse, in an unpleasant way, to consider sb’s suggestion, opinion, etc. seriously because you think it’s stupid （对某人的建议、观点等）一笑置之，置之不理，不屑一顾◆When she suggested trying the new treatment, they laughed her out of court.
她提议试试新疗法时，他们只是付之一笑。●laugh up your ˈsleeve (at sb/sth) (informal) be secretly amused by sth 暗自发笑；窃笑◆Only he knew the whole story about the money. He must have been laughing up his sleeve all along.
只有他明白这笔钱的来龙去脉，他肯定一直在偷着乐。●you have to ˈlaugh (spoken) used to say that you think there is a funny side to a situation 还是值得一笑；还有可笑之处◆Well, I’m sorry you’ve lost your shoes, but you’ve got to laugh, haven’t you?
啊，真糟糕，你的鞋子丢了；可是这也挺逗的，是不是？●not know whether to ˈlaugh or ˈcry (informal) be unable to decide how to react to a bad or unfortunate situation 哭笑不得◆Can you believe she said that to me? I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!你相信她对我说那样的话吗？我真是哭笑不得！●have the last ˈlaugh (informal) be successful at sth in the end, even though other people thought that this was not possible 笑到最后；取得最后胜利◆When he invented this machine, everybody laughed at it, but he’s sold 10 000 of them. He certainly had the last laugh.他最初发明这种机器时，人人都嘲笑它；但是他已经卖出了 1 万台。他笑到了最后。●raise a ˈlaugh/ˈsmiledo or say sth that makes other people laugh/smile 逗人发笑◆If the speeches are not going well, ask Paula to speak; she can always raise a laugh.如果发言气氛不太好的话，就让葆拉说两句；她总是能逗人发笑。◆His jokes didn’t even raise a smile, which was embarrassing.听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 |