laughing

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly. 笑
He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh. 他剛要加以解釋，她就開(kāi)始笑起來(lái)了。
I just couldn't laugh at his jokes the way I used to. 我就是不能像以前那樣笑他講的笑話。
"We could do with some help from our friends," he laughed. “如果我們朋友來(lái)幫助就好了，”他笑著說(shuō)道。
2. N-COUNT Laugh is also a noun. 笑
Lysenko gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke. 李森科對(duì)自己講的笑話報(bào)以朗聲大笑。
3. V-I If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them. 嘲笑
I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly. 我想他們?cè)诔靶ξ议L(zhǎng)得丑。
4. PHRASE If you do something for a laugh or for laughs, you do it as a joke or for fun. 為了開(kāi)玩笑
They were persuaded onstage for a laugh. 為了開(kāi)開(kāi)玩笑，他們被說(shuō)服登上了臺(tái)。
5. PHRASE If you describe a situation as a laugh or a good laugh, you think that it is fun and do not take it too seriously. 有趣的事[非正式]
Working there's great. It's a good laugh. 在那里工作很棒，是一件有趣的事情。
6. laugh one's head off→see head