laughable

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/|/ˈlæfəbl̩/    美 /ˈlaːfəbl̩/|/ˈlæfəbl̩/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. archaic
    — At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
  2. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
    — It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.

词形变化

more laughable comparative most laughable superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
laughableness laughably unlaughable
相关词
jocular

词源

Etymology tree
English laugh
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English laughable
From laugh + -able.
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