英:[ˈhjuːmə]
美:[ˈhjuːmə(r)]
英:[ˈhjuːmə]
美:[ˈhjuːmə(r)]
hu·mor
hyu mr
复数:humors
第三人称单数:humors
现在分词:humoring
过去式:humored
过去分词:humored
humorless (adj.), humorlessness (n.)
词根:humor
adj.humorous 诙谐的,幽默的;滑稽的,可笑的
humorless 非常严肃的;缺少幽默感的
humourless 缺乏幽默感的;一本正经的
adv.humorlessly 缺乏幽默感地;一本正经地
humorously 幽默地;滑稽地
n.humour 幽默(等于humor);诙谐
humorist 幽默作家;富于幽默感的人
humorousness 幽默;滑稽
humourist 幽默家;滑稽者
vt.humour 迁就;使满足
noun
that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality
Try to appreciate the humor of the situation.
the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : the ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny
a woman with a great sense of humor
something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing not a fan of the comedian's brand of humor
The book is a collection of American humor.
an often temporary state of mind imposed especially by circumstances
was in no humor to listen
characteristic or habitual disposition or bent : temperament
of cheerful humor
in ancient and medieval physiology one of the four fluids that were believed to enter into the constitution of the body and to determine by their relative proportions a person's health and temperament see black bile, blood entry 1 sense 4a(2), phlegm sense 2, yellow bile
a sudden, unpredictable, or unreasoning inclination : whim the uncertain humors of nature
… conceived the humor of impeaching casual passers-by … and wreaking vengeance on them.—Charles Dickens
a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (such as the blood or lymph)
physiology a secretion (such as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity
verb
transitive verb
to soothe or content (someone) by indulgence : to comply with the temperament or inclinations of I know you don't agree, but just humor me.
The only way to get along with him is to humor him.
to adapt oneself to
… yielding to, and humoring the motion of the limbs and twigs …—William Bartram
sense of humor幽默感,幽默
good humorn. 高兴;心情好
black humor黑色幽默(一种病态或异乎寻常的幽默)
aqueous humor房水;水状液;眼房水
gallows humor充满怨恨的幽默;化解严重场面或僵局的幽默(等于gallows humour)
ill humorn. 怒气;不悦
14世纪中期,“动物或植物的液体或汁液”,源自古北法语 humour “液体,潮湿; (医学)体液”(古法语 humor, umor; 现代法语 humeur),源自拉丁语 umor “体液”(也有 humor,因与 humus “土壤”误会而产生); 与 umere “潮湿,湿润”有关,与 uvescere “变湿”有关(见 humid)。
在旧医学中,“四种体液”(血液、痰液、胆汁和黑胆汁)。
The human body had four humors—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile—which, in turn, were associated with particular organs. Blood came from the heart, phlegm from the brain, yellow bile from the liver, and black bile from the spleen. Galen and Avicenna attributed certain elemental qualities to each humor. Blood was hot and moist, like air; phlegm was cold and moist, like water; yellow bile was hot and dry, like fire; and black bile was cold and dry, like earth. In effect, the human body was a microcosm of the larger world. [Robert S. Gottfried, "The Black Death," 1983]
人体有四种体液——血液、痰液、黄胆汁和黑胆汁,它们又与特定的器官相关。血液来自心脏,痰液来自大脑,黄胆汁来自肝脏,黑胆汁来自脾脏。伽莲和阿维森纳将某些元素特性归于每种体液。血液是热和湿的,像空气; 痰液是冷和湿的,像水; 黄胆汁是热和干的,像火; 黑胆汁是冷和干的,像土。实际上,人体是更大世界的微观世界。[罗伯特·戈特弗里德,《黑死病》,1983]
它们的相对比例被认为决定了身体状况和心态。这使 humor 具有“心情,暂时的心态”的扩展意义(记录于1520年代); “有趣的品质,滑稽的思维转折”的意义首次记录于1680年代,可能是通过“奇想,反复无常”的意义(1560年代)来确定心态而产生的,这也产生了动词意义的“迎合(某人的)幻想或性情”。现代法语将它们作为双重形式: humeur “性情,心情,奇想”; humour “幽默”。“最初的 h 的发音是最近才有的,有时会省略……”[OED]。
为了帮助区分通常被归为“幽默”的各种设备,亨利·W·福勒(Henry W. Fowler)的这个指南[《现代英语用法》,1926]可能会有所帮助:
HUMOR: motive/aim: discovery; province: human nature; method/means: observation; audience: the sympathetic
WIT: motive/aim: throwing light; province: words & ideas; method/means: surprise; audience: the intelligent
SATIRE: motive/aim: amendment; province: morals & manners; method/means: accentuation; audience: the self-satisfied
SARCASM: motive/aim: inflicting pain; province: faults & foibles; method/means: inversion; audience: victim & bystander
INVECTIVE: motive/aim: discredit; province: misconduct; method/means: direct statement; audience: the public
IRONY: motive/aim: exclusiveness; province: statement of facts; method/means: mystification; audience: an inner circle
CYNICISM: motive/aim: self-justification; province: morals; method/means: exposure of nakedness; audience: the respectable
SARDONIC: motive/aim: self-relief; province: adversity; method/means: pessimism; audience: the self
幽默:动机/目的:发现; 领域:人性; 方法/手段:观察; 受众:有同情心的人
机智:动机/目的:照亮; 领域:言辞和思想; 方法/手段:惊喜; 受众:聪明人
讽刺:动机/目的:改正; 领域:道德和礼仪; 方法/手段:强调; 受众:自满的人
讽刺:动机/目的:造成痛苦; 领域:缺点和弱点; 方法/手段:倒置; 受众:受害者和旁观者
谩骂:动机/目的:抹黑; 领域:不当行为; 方法/手段:直接陈述; 受众:公众
反语:动机/目的:排他性; 领域:事实陈述; 方法/手段:神秘化; 受众:内部圈子
玩世不恭:动机/目的:自我辩解; 领域:道德; 方法/手段:暴露裸体; 受众:体面的人
嘲讽:动机/目的:自我缓解; 领域:逆境; 方法/手段:悲观主义; 受众:自己
[拉]〔复humors,humores〕液
体液:解剖学术语,表示体内某些液状物质。另见humoralism项下
Noun and Verb Middle English humour, from Anglo-French umor, umour, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin humor, from Latin humor, umor moisture; akin to Old Norse vǫkr damp, Latin humēre to be moist, and perhaps to Greek hygros wet
The first known use of humor was in the 14th century
hump1 of 2noun
a rounded bulge or lump (as on the back of a camel)
a difficult part (as of a task)
hump2 of 2verb
to move or work energetically : hustle
to make hump-shaped : hunch
hybridizeverb
to produce or cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
hump1 of 2noun
a rounded bulge or lump (as on the back of a camel)
a difficult part (as of a task)
hump2 of 2verb
to move or work energetically : hustle
to make hump-shaped : hunch
humpbacknoun
a humped or crooked back
hunchback sense 1
humpback whale
hump1 of 2noun
a rounded bulge or lump (as on the back of a camel)
a difficult part (as of a task)
hump2 of 2verb
to move or work energetically : hustle
to make hump-shaped : hunch
humorousadjective
full of, characterized by, or expressing humor : droll
a humorous story
humorousadjective
full of, characterized by, or expressing humor : droll
a humorous story
humoristnoun
a person specializing in or noted for humor
humor1 of 2noun
a changeable state of mind often influenced by circumstances
in a bad humor
the amusing quality of things
the humor of a situation
the power to see or tell about the amusing or comic side of things
something that is humorous
humor2 of 2verb
to go along with the wishes or mood of
humor a sick person
humor1 of 2noun
a changeable state of mind often influenced by circumstances
in a bad humor
the amusing quality of things
the humor of a situation
the power to see or tell about the amusing or comic side of things
something that is humorous
humor2 of 2verb
to go along with the wishes or mood of
humor a sick person
humornoun
a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph)
a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity
in ancient and medieval physiology one of the four fluids that were believed to enter into the constitution of the body and to determine by their relative proportions a person's health and temperament see black bile, blood sense 3, phlegm sense 2, yellow bile
1 Ifemelu humored them, listening to their observations and memories, and hoped that neither of them would bring up Blaine; she had told them a work issue had delayed his visit.
2 I laughed, thinking the man had a dark sense of humor.
3 “You and the Crown Prince share the same sense of humor, it seems.”
4 In such circumstances a man necessarily gets an ill humor irritation by some excess or others.
在这样一种情形之下,一个人的心情必然很恶劣,总得找一点方法来发泄一下,不管哪种方法都行.
5 During the first hours she tried to maintain her good humor.
6 Marv admires his own humor and still persists with the key, which irritates me no end.
7 “Nah, we just hung out at a cafe. Hazel amused me with some Venn diagram humor.”
8 The man had a kind of gray wistful twinkle in his eyes as though he remembered humor when it was not against the law, so that I dared go out on a limb.
9 This was mom humor, and just not funny.
10 I have to confess I took the exam to humor my mom.
我承认,我参加考试只是为了让迁就我妈妈而已。
11 I admired his bouyancy and persistent good humor.
他的愉快心情也感染了我们.
12 My father has the sense of humor of a loaf of bread.
13 And when he had finished he sat with folded arms and a pleased smile, as though waiting to be commended for the humor, the clarity, and the candor of his traveler’s tale.
14 He “was eminently engaging and social and he had a keen sense of humor,” his partners wrote.
15 Their racy humor, raucous laughter, and breezy, unearned intimacy with me make me a little nervous.
16 Yet somehow he found it difficult to appreciate the humor of it all from sow- back.
17 She had a funny sense of humor and liked to play tricks.
18 Dressed in mismatched, gaudy clothes and chimney-pot hats, they molded their voices to exaggerate colored speech; this seemed to be the source of the humor.
19 His gregarious nature and sense of humor earned him friends.
20 Please don't disrupt the class with your bad humor.
请不要用你低俗的幽默来扰乱课堂秩序.
1 滑稽
funny comic humorous comedic ludicrous comical laughing burlesque zany farcical droll facetious jokey quizzical jocular antic waggish buffo jocose humouristic facete anticly hilariously humorously jocularly farcically waggishly funniment farce pleasantry jocularity funniness facetiousness waggery comicality jocosity farcicality
2 迁就
3 适应
qualified accommodation adaptation adjust condition shape frame square adapt accommodate attemper
4 想入非非
whimsical fancy neurosis whimsicality romance stargaze chase rainbows have a maggot in head have head in the clouds
5 任性
self-asserting ramstam pervicacious wild selfish quirky heady willful unruly perverse cranky wayward wanton capricious rambunctious self-indulgent incalculable fractious licentious harebrained self-willed self-assertive wilfully wantonly petulantly pettishly waywardly quirk selfishness overindulgence wantonness self-assertion waywardness wilfulness headiness self-will by fits and starts mad as a hare
6 诙谐
humorous witty jokey jocular waggish jocose wittily joke farce pleasantry jocularity drollery wittiness facetiousness waggery jocoseness salty facetious antic Gilbertian joc. facetiae comic badinage jesting jocosity in jest
7 可笑
ridiculous absurd ludicrous grotesque laughable laughing farcical screwy risible derisory ridiculously foolishly laughably nonsensically funniment absurdity
8 情绪
emotional frame spirit emotion mood chord pulse vein feather sentiment the cockles of heart the cockles of the heart affective form bag feeling tone tune attitude cheer cue temper morale fig heartbeat affectivity
9 心情
heart frame spirit breast mood vein feather temper the cockles of heart the cockles of the heart feeling tune cheer cue
13 灵活处理
14 性情
spirit habit grain disposition temper temperament spirited nature frame metal constitution cheer habit of mind temperamental apt. make aptitude predisposition
15 幽默感
17 幽默
joky humoristic humouristic drolly waggishly jocosely wittiness drollness playful humorous drollery pleasant farce pleasantry
18 气质
make blood spirit habit texture strain composition kidney disposition temper temperament mettle temperamental race temperature metal cast grain stomach makeup mold chemistry affection complexion charisma proclivity crasis