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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

laugh [lɒːf]
  1. 1. noun [c]
  2. 2. vi.
    to give a laugh
    发笑
    to do sth for a laugh {or} for laughs
    做某事取乐
    to have the last laugh
    取得最后胜利

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

laugh [lɑːf]
  1. 1. vi. 笑,发笑
  2. 2. vt. 用笑表达,以笑表示;用笑影响
  3. 3. n.[c] 笑声
  4. 4. n.[c] 笑容笑颜
    His face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision.
    他脸上浮出一丝无言的嘲弄笑容
  5. 5. n.[c] 笑料,引人发笑的人或事
    He laughed unpleasantly at his own jest.
    他对自己的俏皮话发出令人不快的笑声
  6. 6. noun 嘲笑
  7. 7. noun [Figurative] 开颜
  8. 8. noun 类似笑声声音

Collins English-English Dictionary

laugh [lɒːf]
  1. 1. vi. [intr] to express or manifest emotion, esp mirth or amusement, typically by expelling air from the lungs in short bursts to produce an inarticulate voiced noise, with the mouth open
  2. 2. vi. [intr] (esp of certain mammals or birds) to make a noise resembling a laugh
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to utter or express with laughter
    he laughed his derision at the play
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to bring or force (someone, esp oneself) into a certain condition by laughter
    he laughed himself sick
  5. 5. vi. [intr; foll by at] to make fun (of); jeer (at)
  6. 6. vi. [intr; foll by over] to read or discuss something with laughter
  7. 7. n the act or an instance of laughing
  8. 8. n a manner of laughter
  9. 9. n [Spoken] a person or thing that causes laughter
    that holiday was a laugh
  10. 10. n See also laugh away laugh down laugh off
  11. 11. n [Etymology] Old English læhan, hliehhen; related to Gothic hlahjan, Dutch lachen

Examples

a constrained laugh
强笑
an infectious laugh
有感染力的笑声
to laugh oneself hoarse
笑得声哑
The joke raised a laugh.
这个玩笑引起一阵笑声。
good for a laugh
引起大笑

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