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词汇 humor
释义 humor
noun, verb[ T ]
uk /ˈhjuː.mər/ us /ˈhjuː.mɚ/
US spelling ofhumour(humour的美式拼写)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Humour & humorous
amusingly
bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
coruscating
drily
gag
GSOH
jocose
lightly
mordancy
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
rib
roast
standing joke
wisecrack

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Moods
Calming and relaxing

humor | American Dictionary


humor
noun[ U ]
(CdnBrhumour)us/ˈhju·mər/

humornoun[U] (AMUSEMENT)


the ability to be amused by something seen, heard, or thought about, sometimes causing you to smile or laugh, or the quality in something that causes such amusement:
He has a wonderful sense of humor.
Fortunately, she saw the humor in the situation.

humorous


adjectiveus/ˈhju·mər·əs/
Mark Twain was known for his humorous short sketches.

humorously


adverbus/ˈhju·mər·əs·li/
humor
verb[ T ]
(CdnBrhumour)us/ˈhju·mər/

humorverb[T] (AGREE WITH)


to agree to someone’s wishes in order to help improve that person’s mood or to avoid upsetting him or her:
Phil seems a bit cranky today, so just humor him.

Examples of humor


humor
The gender switch produces humor, but it does not disrupt or reconfigure gender relations or hierarchies; instead, it temporarily reverses them.
The vitreous humor was removed and the posterior eyecup was ever ted over a balsa wood dome and transferred to the recording chamber.
Among the staff, humor and joking together provided a means of negotiating the tension around hierarchical differences.
Yet the compassion and good humor with which it occurred lingered long past the event.
Ethnic-based humor was still allowed - even encouraged - as long as it was not overly vicious or two-dimensional in its treatment.
Finally, the didactic presentation provides a definition of humor and explores its functions.
Once the most immediate demands have been addressed, humor is of ten introduced in an attempt to put people at ease.
The second activity aims at highlighting the role of humor as a source of meaning.
He defends + with clarity, sense, and good humor + the suggestion that there really is no such thing as incomparability of desires, values, or outcomes.
In addition, the positive effects of laughter and humor at work and in general are introduced.
And the humor of this group was predominantly aggressive and face-threatening.
The unity of the organs is such that when one is harmed, humors from other organs flow to cure it.
The content of the humor is intuitively masculine but is not examined with reference to a clearly defined continuum.
After removing the vitreous humor, the posterior eyecup was ever ted over a balsawood dome and placed in a chamber.
Humor is then coopted as a damage-control strategy to preserve good working relations in the face of the peremptory veto.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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