humour

英 [ˈhjuːmə(r)]

美 [ˈhjuːmər]

n.  幽默; 幽默感; 感觉; 心情; 精神状态; 体液(旧时认为存在人体内，有四种，可影响健康和性格)
v.  迁就; 顺应

复数：humours　现在分词：humouring　过去式：humoured　过去分词：humoured　第三人称单数：humours　

高考CET4CET6IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3219

牛津词典

noun

• 幽默；幽默感
  the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing; the ability to laugh at things that are amusing
  1. a story full of gentle humour
     充满轻松幽默的故事
  2. She ignored his feeble attempt at humour.
     她没理他想表现却又差劲的幽默。
  3. They failed to see the humour of the situation.
     他们没有看出这情景的滑稽之处。
  4. I can't stand people with no sense of humour .
     我无法忍受毫无幽默感的人。
  5. She smiled with a rare flash of humour.
     她以少有的一丝诙谐微笑了。
  6. She has her very own brand of humour.
     她的幽默很独特。
  7. The film is only funny if you appreciate French humour (= things that cause French people to laugh) .
     只有能理解法国式的幽默才会领略这部电影的趣味。
• 感觉；心情；精神状态
  the state of your feelings or mind at a particular time
  1. to be in the best of humours
     情绪极好
  2. The meeting dissolved in ill humour .
     会议不欢而散。
  3. to be out of humour (= in a bad mood)
     心情不好
• 体液（旧时认为存在人体内，有四种，可影响健康和性格）
  one of the four liquids that were thought in the past to be in a person's body and to influence health and character

verb

• 迁就；顺应
  to agree with sb's wishes, even if they seem unreasonable, in order to keep the person happy
  1. She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument.
     她想最好是顺他的意，而不和他争吵。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 humor


• See also:Her humour and determination were a source of inspiration to others.sense of humour
• N-UNCOUNT 幽默;诙谐;滑稽
  Humouris a quality in something that makes you laugh, for example in a situation, in someone's words or actions, or in a book or film.
  1. She felt sorry for the man but couldn't ignore the humour of the situation.
     她很同情这个男人，但这一情景又让她忍俊不禁。
• N-VAR 心情;情绪
  If you areina goodhumour, you feel cheerful and happy, and are pleasant to people. If you areina badhumour, you feel bad-tempered and unhappy, and are unpleasant to people.
  1. Christina was still not clear why he had been in such ill humour...
     克里斯蒂娜仍搞不清楚为什么他情绪这么差。
  2. Next day, Louis XIV was in the best of humours...
     第二天，路易十四心情好得不得了。
  3. Did the old boy drink? Could that have been the source of his good humour?
     那老头儿喝酒了吗？会不会是因此心情大好呢？
• N-UNCOUNT 精神状态
  If you do something with goodhumour, you do it cheerfully and pleasantly.
  1. Hugo bore his illness with great courage and good humour.
     雨果以巨大的勇气和良好的精神状态面对疾病。
• VERB 迁就;迎合
  If youhumoursomeone who is behaving strangely, you try to please them or pretend to agree with them, so that they will not become upset.
  1. She disliked Dido but was prepared to tolerate her for a weekend in order to humour her husband.
     她不喜欢迪多，但准备暂时忍受她一个周末，以迁就自己的丈夫。

英英释义

noun

• the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
  1. she didn't appreciate my humor
  2. you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor
  Synonym:humorsense of humorsense of humour
• the quality of being funny
  1. I fail to see the humor in it
  Synonym:humor
• the liquid parts of the body
  Synonym:liquid body substancebodily fluidbody fluidhumor
• (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
  1. the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
  Synonym:humor
• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  Synonym:withumorwitticismwittiness
• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  1. whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
  2. he was in a bad humor
  Synonym:tempermoodhumor

verb

• put into a good mood
  Synonym:humor

双语例句

• He has continued to write with a bluff, vivid humour about Yorkshire life.
  他继续用一种直白而又诙谐生动的笔触描绘着约克郡的生活。
• His sense of humour allowed him to face adversaries with equanimity
  他的幽默感让他能够平静地面对对手。
• His sense of humour was really unsettling.
  他的幽默感确实令人不安。
• This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
  这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。
• This book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour
  这本书充满了萧伯纳独特的爱尔兰式幽默与嘲讽。
• You ought to humour your younger brother a little.
  你该让着弟弟一点。
• Hugo bore his illness with great courage and good humour.
  雨果以巨大的勇气和良好的精神状态面对疾病。
• She disliked Dido but was prepared to tolerate her for a weekend in order to humour her husband.
  她不喜欢迪多，但准备暂时忍受她一个周末，以迁就自己的丈夫。
• Did the old boy drink? Could that have been the source of his good humour?
  那老头儿喝酒了吗？会不会是因此心情大好呢？
• For a while the artist completely lost his way. The famous humour gave way to sentimental nonsense
  有一阵子这位艺术家完全迷失了方向，其出了名的幽默风趣被伤感而煽情的不知所云取而代之。