laughing

adj.

1. 笑的；带笑意的
   showing amusement or happiness
   1. his laughing blue eyes
      他含有笑意的蓝眼睛
   2. laughing faces
      笑脸

1. VERB 笑；大笑
   When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly.
   1. He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh...
      他正要解释，她却笑起来了。
   2. He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his dad...
      人们说他长得像父亲时，他乐得大笑起来。
   3. The British don't laugh at the same jokes as the French...
      法国人觉得好笑的笑话，英国人不一定会笑。
   4. 'I'll be astonished if I win on Sunday,' laughed Lyle.
      “我要是星期天能赢那就真是奇了怪了，”莱尔笑道。
   5. Laugh is also a noun.
      
   6. Lysenko gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke.
      李森科说笑话的时候自己咯咯直乐。
2. VERB 嘲笑；讥笑
   If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them.
   1. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly...
      我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。
   2. She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting.
      他戏剧化的夸张架势使她忍不住想笑。
3. PHRASE 开玩笑；逗趣
   If you do something for a laugh or for laughs, you do it as a joke or for fun.
   1. They were persuaded onstage for a laugh by their mates...
      他们被同伴们说服，上台一乐。
   2. It's a project she's doing for laughs.
      这个项目是她图好玩儿才做的。
4. PHRASE 引人发笑；逗笑
   If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh.
   1. If you can get a laugh by wearing a silly hat, you must have been born a comic...
      如果你戴一顶傻傻的帽子就能让人发笑，那你一定是天生的笑匠。
   2. The joke got a big laugh, which encouraged me to continue.
      我的笑话引来哄堂大笑，这使我深受鼓舞，继续往下讲。
5. PHRASE 好玩/ 开心/有点意思
   If you describe a situation as a laugh ,a good laugh, or a bit of a laugh, you think that it is fun and do not take it too seriously.
   1. Working there's great. It's quite a good laugh actually...
      在那儿工作挺不错。说实在的，蛮好玩儿的。
   2. It was a good laugh there!
      那儿可真是好玩！
6. PHRASE 开心果；逗笑好玩的人
   If you describe someone as a laugh or a good laugh, you like them because they are amusing and fun to be with.
   1. Mickey was a good laugh and great to have in the dressing room.
      米基是个活宝，在更衣室里总是逗人笑个不停。
7. PHRASE （尤指经历了最初的苦恼不快后）觉得…可笑，对…一笑置之
   If you have a good laugh about something, you find it amusing and realize that it is funny, especially when the situation was at first upsetting.
   1. We've both had a good laugh about the accident despite what's happened.
      虽然出了意外，但我俩事后都一笑置之。
8. PHRASE 笑到最后；取得最后胜利
   If you say that you have the last laugh, you mean that you become successful at something so that people who criticize or oppose you look foolish.
   1. Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade.
      德斯·奥康纳预计会飙升至圣诞畅销唱片排行榜的榜首，这将让他的批评者都笑不出来。
9. CONVENTION 别让我笑掉大牙了；别逗了
   Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate.
   1. Claire, a poisoner? Don't make me laugh — She was just a lousy cook.
      克莱尔投毒？别逗了。她只不过厨艺很差罢了。
10. CONVENTION （对于困境或令人失望的境况）何妨一笑，还有可笑之处
    If you say 'you've got to laugh' or 'you have to laugh', you are trying to see the amusing side of a difficult or disappointing situation rather than being sad or angry about it.
    1. The bikers have shown enough contempt of the law to ride their machines over police cars. 'You've got to laugh at their audacity,' said Mr Starkey.
       摩托车党藐视法律，竟对警车玩起凌空飞车来。“牛气可嘉呀，”斯塔基先生说道。
11. to laugh someone out of court → see: court

1. The class burst out laughing
   全班突然大笑起来。
2. Everyone who heard it just burst out laughing when he came out with it
   当他说出这句话时，听到的人都大笑起来。
3. It wasn't until he started laughing that they cottoned on!
   他开始笑起来，他们才明白是怎么回事。
4. We all just cracked up laughing.
   我们都不禁哈哈大笑起来。
5. I thought I'd die laughing.
   我觉得我快要笑死了。
6. She is laughing and joking and making easy conversation with people she has never met before
   她谈笑风生，和那些素未谋面的人毫不拘束地聊着。
7. He was lifting up handfuls of leaves and throwing them at her. She was laughing and egging him on
   他抓起一把把叶子扔向她，她大笑着鼓动他。
8. I think they got freaked by women laughing at them.
   我想他们被那些嘲笑他们的女人搞得不知所措了。
9. He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.
   他继续讲笑话，自己笑得前仰后合。
10. Lorna was laughing and joking with Trevor
    洛娜边笑边和特雷弗打趣。
11. Travis twisted the knife by laughing at her
    特拉维斯火上浇油般地嘲笑她。
12. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly
    我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。
13. He made to chase Davey, who ran back laughing.
    他假装要去追赶一边往回跑一边大笑的戴维。
14. Their behaviour is an offence. It's no laughing matter.
    他们这么做是犯罪，这可不是开玩笑的。
15. He is unpredictable, weeping one moment, laughing the next.
    他喜怒无常，一会儿哭，一会儿笑。
16. We just pissed about, laughing.
    我们只是胡闹，大笑。
17. He pushed his way towards her, laughing.
    他笑着朝她挤了过去。
18. They all sat together at table, laughing and swapping stories.
    他们都坐在桌子旁，有说有笑地讲述各自的故事。
19. Smiling and laughing has actually been shown to relieve tension and stress.
    事实证明，微笑和大笑能够缓解焦虑和压力。
20. I was tickling him, and he was laughing and giggling.
    我在胳肢他，他哈哈哈、咯咯咯地笑个不停。
21. In a year's time we will all be laughing about it.
    一年以后我们都会对此一笑置之。
22. He was laughing with triumph.
    他发出胜利的大笑。
23. Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.
    葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
24. What are you laughing at?; What's the joke?
    你乐什么呀？
25. This is no joking matter.; This is not a laughing matter.
    这可不是好玩儿的！
26. His remark set everybody laughing.
    他这一句话引得大家笑起来。
27. He could not help laughing.
    他撑不住，笑了。
28. Although he pretended to sympathize, he was laughing in his sleeve.
    虽然他假装同情，但他却在暗笑。
29. Oh, I'm dying of laughing.
    啊，笑死我啦！
30. We nearly died with laughing.
    我们几乎笑死了。

adj.

be no laughing matter

• 不是开玩笑的事；严肃的事
  to be sth serious that you should not joke about

die laughing

• 笑断气；笑死
  to find sth extremely funny
  1. I nearly died laughing when she said that.
     她说那话时，我差点给笑死。