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humour

美 [ˈhjuːmər]英 [ˈhjuːmə(r)]
  • n.幽默;幽默感;心情;感觉;精神状态;体液(旧时认为存在人体内,有四种,可影响健康和性格)
  • vt.迁就;顺应

复数: humours 过去式: humoured 现在分词: humouring 过去分词: humoured 第三人称单数: humours

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noun

1

幽默;幽默感
the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing; the ability to laugh at things that are amusing

a story full of gentle humour

充满轻松幽默的故事

She ignored his feeble attempt at humour.

她没理他想表现却又差劲的幽默。

They failed to see the humour of the situation.

他们没有看出这情景的滑稽之处。

I can't stand people with no sense of humour .

我无法忍受毫无幽默感的人。

She smiled with a rare flash of humour.

她以少有的一丝诙谐微笑了。

She has her very own brand of humour.

她的幽默很独特。

The film is only funny if you appreciate French humour (= things that cause French people to laugh) .

只有能理解法国式的幽默才会领略这部电影的趣味。

2

感觉;心情;精神状态
the state of your feelings or mind at a particular time

to be in the best of humours

情绪极好

The meeting dissolved in ill humour .

会议不欢而散。

to be out of humour (= in a bad mood)

心情不好

3

体液(旧时认为存在人体内,有四种,可影响健康和性格)
one of the four liquids that were thought in the past to be in a person's body and to influence health and character

verb

VN迁就;顺应
to agree with sb's wishes, even if they seem unreasonable, in order to keep the person happy

She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument.

她想最好是顺他的意,而不和他争吵。

humour

频次

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT 幽默的谈吐;笑话
    You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their humour .

    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。

  • 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.

    She felt sorry for the man but couldn't ignore the humour of the situation.

    她很同情这个男人,但这一情景又让她忍俊不禁。

  • 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.

    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。

  • 5
    N-UNCOUNT 精神状态
    If you do something with good humour, you do it cheerfully and pleasantly.

    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.

    She disliked Dido but was prepared to tolerate her for a weekend in order to humour her husband.

    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。

noun

1
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
she didn't appreciate my humor
you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor
Synonym: humor sense of humor sense of humour
2
the quality of being funny
I fail to see the humor in it
Synonym: humor
3
the liquid parts of the body
Synonym: liquid body substance bodily fluid body fluid humor
4
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
Synonym: humor
5
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Synonym: wit humor witticism wittiness
6
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
he was in a bad humor
Synonym: temper mood humor

verb

1
put into a good mood
Synonym: humor

数据来源:WordNet

  1. I can 't stand people with no sense of humour .

    我无法忍受毫无幽默感的人。

  2. One of the most important things in a partner is a sense of humour .

    作为一个生活伴侣,最重要的素质之一是幽默感。

  3. What first attracted me to her was her sense of humour .

    她首先吸引我的是她的幽默感。

  4. She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument .

    她想最好是顺他的意,而不和他争吵。

  5. I can 't abide people with no sense of humour .

    我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。

  6. Don 't worry ─ you 'll soon get used to his sense of humour .

    别担心,你不久就会适应他的幽默感。

  7. He interpreted the role with a lot of humour .

    他把这个角色演得十分幽默。

  8. She fully exploits the humour of her role in the play .

    她在剧中把她那个角色的幽默发挥得淋漓尽致。

  9. Her courage and good humour saw her through .

    她靠着顽强的勇气和乐观的性格挺了过来。

  10. The film is only funny if you appreciate French humour .

    只有能理解法国式的幽默才会领略这部电影的趣味。

  11. I 'm afraid he doesn 't possess a sense of humour .

    恐怕他没有什么幽默感。

  12. The British have a very odd sense of humour .

    英国人的幽默感很奇特。

  13. His comments injected a note of humour into the proceedings .

    他的发言给整个活动增添了一丝幽默的气氛。

  14. Humour is a more effective defence than violence .

    幽默是比暴力更有效的防御武器。

  15. He is not noted for his sense of humour .

    他没什么幽默感。

  16. He was a man of few words with a delightful dry sense of humour .

    他话不多,很幽默,却又不形于色,让人很愉快。

  17. In the survey the Brits come out tops for humour .

    这项调查显示,英国人的幽默是首屈一指的。

  18. She has her very own brand of humour .

    她的幽默很独特。

  19. She fought the disease with unfailing good humour .

    她始终抱乐观态度同疾病斗争。

  20. ' Good place to bury the bodies , ' she joked with black humour .

    “真是个掩埋尸体的风水宝地。”她以黑色幽默打趣道。

  21. She smiled with a rare flash of humour .

    她以少有的一丝诙谐微笑了。

  22. Everyone admired her patience and unfailing good humour .

    人人都佩服她的耐心和永不衰减的好脾气。

  23. The meeting dissolved in ill humour .

    会议不欢而散。

  24. Jane has a wicked sense of humour .

    简有一种恶作剧的幽默感。

  25. Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour .

    几分幽默使她的讲话更为有趣。

  26. The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived .

    这部剧的幽默是刻意而为的,而且牵强做作。

  27. They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour .

    他们累死累活地干活,但却从没有丢掉幽默感。

  28. 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。

  29. It was one of his rare attempts at humour .

    那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。

  30. He had enormous charm and a great sense of humour .

    他极富魅力而且非常有幽默感。

  • 词语搭配

humour与以下词性连用

n.

brand of humour

独特的幽默

sense of humour

幽默感

adj.

good humour

好的情绪(或精神状态)