单词
laughing-stock
['la:fi? st?k]
基本信息
- n. 笑柄
英文词源
- laughing-stock (n.)
- also laughingstock; 1510s, formed by analogy with whipping-stock "whipping post," later also "object of frequent whipping" (but that word is not attested in writing in this sense until 1670s). See laughing + stock (n.1). Compare gaping-stock "person or thing regarded as an object of wonder."
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.
- 他继续讲笑话，自己笑得前仰后合。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was still laughing when he heard the rasp of Rennie's voice.
- 当他听到伦尼尖叫的声音时仍然在笑.
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is unpredictable, weeping one moment, laughing the next.
- 他喜怒无常，一会儿哭，一会儿笑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
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