laugh

詳細解釋：

laugh

v.（動詞）
laughed,laugh.ing,laughs
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To express certain emotions, especially mirth, delight, or derision, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.
笑：為表達某種情感，尤指高興、快樂或嘲笑而發的一陣自發的，通常是不清晰的聲音，並常伴隨著臉部和身體的運動
To show or feel amusement or good humor:
感到好笑：表示或感到好笑或非常幽默：
例句：
laughed to herself at the memory; an experience we would laugh about later on.
想起這些，她暗自發笑；以後他們會感到好笑的經歷

To feel or express derision or contempt; mock:
嘲笑：感到或表示嘲諷和輕視；嘲笑：
例句：
We used to laugh at their provincial manners. I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.
我們以前常常嘲笑他們粗俗的舉止。當我得知我的對手是誰的時候，我感到好笑

To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being:
得意洋洋：因安樂而洋洋得意或歡欣：
例句：
You won`t be laughing when the truth comes out.
一旦真相被揭露，你就不會洋洋得意了

To produce sounds resembling laughter:
發出類似歡笑的聲音：
例句：
parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.
鸚鵡在樹上歡唱著

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To affect or influence by laughter:
用笑聲所影響或感染：
例句：
laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.
用笑聲把演講者趕下台；用笑聲否定了這項提議

To say with a laugh:
笑著說：
例句：
He laughed his delight at the victory.
他的笑聲表達了他勝利的喜悅

n.（名詞）

The act of laughing.
笑
The sound of laughing; laughter.
笑的聲音；笑聲
Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke:
【非正式用語】 笑話，笑柄：可笑的，荒誕的或可鄙的事情；笑話：
例句：
The solution they recommended was a laugh.
他們提出的解決辦法簡直是個笑話

Often laughs Informal Fun; amusement:
常作 laughs 【非正式用語】 消遣；玩樂：
例句：
decided to go along just for laughs.
決定一起去，只為了樂一樂

<常用詞組>laugh at
To treat lightly; scoff at:
不以為意；對…一笑置之：
例句：
a daredevil who laughed at danger.
魯莽大膽的蔑視危險

laugh off 或
laugh away
To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial:
一笑置之：把……當作滑稽可笑的瑣事而置之不理：
例句：
laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.
對有關她事業生涯已經結束的暗示置之不理

<習慣用語>laugh up (one`s) sleeve 或
laugh in (one`s) sleeve
To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another`s error or defeat.
幸災樂禍：偷偷地欣喜或高興，如對他人的錯誤或失敗
來源：
Middle English laughen
中古英文 laughen
from Old English hlôhhan
源自 古英文 hlôhhan
[probably ultimately of imitative origin]
[可能最終源自擬聲]

【引伸】
laugh.er
n.（名詞）
laugh.ingly
adv.（副詞）