humour

英 ['hjuːmə(r)] 美 ['hjuːmər]

• n. 幽默；诙谐；幽默感；脾气；情绪
• n. 体液
• vi. 纵容；迁就
• =humor（美).

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]幽默,诙谐,幽默感

   quality of being amusing or comic; ability to be amused

2. [S][U]心境,情绪,脾气

   person's state of mind; mood; temper

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 幽默，幽默感
2. 心情，情绪，心境
3. 诙谐
4. 玻璃状液体，汁液
5. 幽默的东西
6. 脾气，性情，气质
7. 兴致
8. 古怪的幻想，遐想
9. 感觉
10. 精神状态
11. 体液（旧时认为存在人体内，有四种，可影响健康和性格）

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1. =humor（美）

v. 动词

1. 迎合，顺应
2. 使满足
3. 纵容，迁就

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

3. (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"
   

4. the liquid parts of the body

5. the quality of being funny;

   "I fail to see the humor in it"
   

6. 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"
   

Verb:

1. put into a good mood

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her humour adds salt to her conversation.
   她很幽默，谈起话来妙趣横生。
2. He is completely devoid of humour.
   他十分缺乏幽默。
3. His new novel is tinged with thinnish humour.
   他的新小说略带诙谐。
4. Her sense of humour appealed to him enormously.
   她的幽默感把他强烈地吸引住了。
5. A sense of humour is prerequisite to understanding her work.
   要理解她的作品就必须具有幽默感。
6. Every man has his humour.
   各人有各人的脾气。
7. He's been in a bad humour for days.
   好多天来，他的情绪一直很不好。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. It is not wise to humour a small child.
   纵容一个小孩是不明智的。
2. It's always best to humour him when he's in one of his bad moods.
   他心境不好的时候，最好还是迁就他。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is a film full of humour.
   这是一部很幽默的电影。
2. He has a good sense of humour.
   他很有幽默感。
3. He couldn't see the humour in the situation.
   他领会不到这种情景的幽默所在。
4. I'll do it when the humour takes me.
   我心情好时就去做。
5. Dad is always in a good humour for gardening.
   爸爸干园艺活时,心情总是很好。
6. He is in no humour for supper.
   他没心思吃晚饭。
7. I'm in no humour to do the housework today.
   我今天没心情做家务。
8. I was a little out of humour.
   我情绪不大好。
9. He is a man of cheerful humour.
   他是一个性格开朗的人。

经典引文

• The Greek elements were also the four humours which the human temperament combines.

  出自： J. Bronowski

• He felt he wanted to humour them as one is inclined to humour.., unreasonable children.

  出自： W. Gerhardie

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• have〔lack〕 humour 有〔缺乏〕幽默感
• please sb's humour 迎合某人

形容词+～

• bitter〔black, cheap〕 humour 尖刻的〔黑色,低级〕幽默
• dry〔straight〕 humour 不动声色的幽默

介词+～

• in a good〔bad〕 humour 心情好〔坏〕
• in no humour 没心思
• out of humour 情绪不好

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. humour在美式英语中写作humor。

词源解说

• ☆ 1550年进入英语，直接源自中古英语的humour，意为湿，体液。

近反义词

【近义词】

• amusement
• fun
• joking
• mood
• temper