Laugh*

( Xem từ này trên từ điển Anh Việt)

Mục lục 1 Verb (used without object) 1.1 to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements. 1.2 to experience the emotion so expressed 1.3 to produce a sound resembling human laughter 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to drive, put, bring, etc., by or with laughter (often fol. by out, away, down, etc.) 2.2 to utter with laughter 3 Noun 3.1 the act or sound of laughing; laughter. 3.2 an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing. 3.3 Informal . something that provokes laughter, amusement, or ridicule 3.4 laughs, Informal . fun; amusement. ? 4 Verb phrases 4.1 laugh at, 4.2 laugh off, to dismiss as ridiculous, trivial, or hollow 5 Idioms 5.1 have the last laugh 5.2 laugh out of court 5.3 laugh out of the other side of one's mouth. to undergo a chastening reversal, as of glee or satisfaction that is premature; be ultimately chagrined, punished 5.4 laugh up one's sleeve. sleeve ( def. 6 ) .

Verb (used without object)

to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

to experience the emotion so expressed

He laughed inwardly at the scene.

to produce a sound resembling human laughter

A coyote laughed in the dark.

Verb (used with object)

to drive, put, bring, etc., by or with laughter (often fol. by out, away, down, etc.)

They laughed him out of town. We laughed away our troubles.

to utter with laughter

He laughed his consent.

Noun

the act or sound of laughing; laughter.

an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing.

Informal . something that provokes laughter, amusement, or ridicule

After all the advance publicity, the prizefight turned out to be a laugh.

laughs, Informal . fun; amusement. ?

Verb phrases

laugh at,

to make fun of; deride; ridicule

They were laughing at him, not along with him.

to be scornful of; reject

They stopped laughing at the unusual theory when it was found to be predictive.

to find sympathetic amusement in; regard with humor

We can learn to laugh a little at even our most serious foibles.

laugh off, to dismiss as ridiculous, trivial, or hollow

He had received threats but laughed them off as the work of a crank.

Idioms

have the last laugh

to prove ultimately successful after a seeming defeat or loss

She smiled slyly, because she knew she would yet have the last laugh on them.

laugh out of court

to dismiss or depreciate by means of ridicule; totally scorn

His violent protests were laughed out of court by the others.

laugh out of the other side of one's mouth. to undergo a chastening reversal, as of glee or satisfaction that is premature; be ultimately chagrined, punished

etc.; cry

She's proud of her promotion, but she'll laugh out of the other side of her mouth when the work piles up. Also, laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth or face.

laugh up one's sleeve. sleeve ( def. 6 ) .