laughter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɑːftə/    美 /ˈlæftɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. uncountable,usually
    — Their loud laughter betrayed their presence.
  2. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. uncountable,usually
    — The act of laughter, which is caused by a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves.
  3. A reason for merriment. archaic,uncountable,usually

词形变化

laughters plural laughtre alternative

词汇关系

近义词
laugh laughter
下位词
boff cachinnation chortle chuckle evil laugh giggle guffaw hoot snicker snigger titter yuk yuck
衍生词
canned laughter clapter dying laughter dying of laughter evil laughter Homeric laughter horselaughter lack-laughter laughterful laughter is the best medicine laughterless laughter lines laughter padding laughtersome laughter track laughter yoga prelaughter underlaughter
相关词
laugh smile yay!

词源

From Middle English laughter, laghter, laȝter, from Old English hleahtor (“laughter, jubilation, derision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Cognate with German Gelächter (“laughter, hilarity, merriment”), Danish and Norwegian latter (“laughter”), Icelandic hlátur (“laughter”). More at laugh.
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