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laughing-stock是什么意思

laughing-stock

['la:fiŋ stɔk]
  • 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。

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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。

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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.

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4. He is unpredictable, weeping one moment, laughing the next.
他喜怒无常,一会儿哭,一会儿笑。

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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。

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