comic

adjective

/ˈkɒmɪk/

/ˈkɑːmɪk/

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humorous and making you laugh滑稽的；使人发笑的
- a comic monologue/story滑稽的长篇独白／故事
- The play is both comic and tragic.这部剧既滑稽又悲惨。
- She can always be relied on to provide comic relief (= something to make you laugh) at a boring party.在沉闷的聚会上，她总是能搞些笑料调剂气氛。
- He wore a red nose and novelty glasses for comic effect.他戴着一个红色的鼻子和新奇的眼镜，以获得喜剧效果。
- a blackly comic futuristic fantasy具有黑色喜剧色彩的未来幻想作品
Synonyms funny
funny
- amusing
- entertaining
- witty
- humorous
- comic
- hilarious
These words all describe somebody/something that makes you laugh or smile.
- funny that makes you laugh:
  a funny story滑稽的故事
  He was a very funny guy.他这个人很滑稽。
- amusing funny and giving pleasure:
  It’s a very amusing game to play.这种游戏玩起来非常有趣。
- entertaining that you enjoy watching, listening to, doing or experiencing:
  It was a very entertaining evening.那是一场非常令人开心的晚会。
- witty clever and amusing; able to say or write clever and amusing things:
  a witty remark机智的话
  a witty public speaker语言幽默的公开演讲人
- humorous funny and entertaining; showing a sense of humour:
  a humorous look at the world of fashion对时装界幽默的审视
- comic that makes you laugh:
  Many of the scenes in the book are richly comic.这本书里的许多情节都非常滑稽可笑。
- hilarious extremely funny指极其滑稽的
funny, amusing, humorous or comic?用 funny、amusing、humorous 还是 comic？Amusing is the most general of these words because it includes the idea of being fun as well as making people laugh and can be used to describe events, activities and occasions: an amusing party/game/evening • a funny/humorous/comic party/game/evening. Humorous is more about showing that you see the humour in a situation, than actually making people laugh out loud. Comic is used especially to talk about writing and drama or things that are funny in a deliberate and theatrical way. It is not used to describe people (except for comic writers/actors). Funny can describe people, jokes and stories, things that happen, or anything that makes people laugh.Patterns
- a(n) funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous/comic story
- a(n) funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous speech
- a(n) funny/entertaining/witty/humorous/comic writer
- a(n) funny/amusing/hilarious joke
- to find something funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous/hilarious
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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adverb
- richly
- truly
- wonderfully
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[only before noun] connected with comedy (= entertainment that is funny and that makes people laugh)喜剧的
- a comic opera滑稽歌剧
- a very fine comic actor优秀的喜剧演员
- Charlie Chaplin was a comic genius.查理·卓别林是个喜剧天才。
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- comic
- far-fetched
- gripping
- historical
- mannered
- moving
- rambling
- readable
- story
- tragic
Topics Literature and writingb2

Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek kōmikos, from kōmos ‘revel’.

comic

noun

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(North American English also comic book)
a magazine, usually for children, that tells stories through pictures（尤指儿童看的）连环画杂志
- a comic book superhero连环画杂志里的超级英雄
Culture comics and comic stripscomics and comic stripsA comic in the US means a comic strip or strip cartoon. Comic strips are a series of small drawings, called frames, with words that tell a story. Most US newspapers contain comic strips that are read by both adults and children. On Mondays to Saturdays they are usually four frames long, printed in black and white. On Sundays they are longer and in colour. Comic strips are also popular in British newspapers. Many can be found on the internet.Most comic strips make jokes about the characters in them and the things that happen to them. For instance, in the Peanuts comic strips (1950-2000) many of the jokes are about Charlie Brown, who has very bad luck, and his friend Lucy, who is not kind to him. In Calvin and Hobbes (1985-1995) , the humour comes from the relationship between a boy and his imaginary friend, a toy tiger. Comic strips in British newspapers include Andy Capp and The Perishers. In the US, Dilbert is about life in the office while Doonesburycomments on political situations through its characters. Most newspapers also print single frames that comment in a humorous way on politicians and other people in the news. These are known as cartoons.In Britain a comic is a picture magazine, usually for children. Comics contain short stories written as comic strips, and sometimes also competitions and articles. Popular children's comics include Beano, Dandy, and 2000 AD, which features mainly science fiction stories. Comics for very young children are often based on popular television programmes, such as Thomas and Friends (which features Thomas the Tank Engine). Adult comics, such as Viz, are usually very rude.Some of the characters in Beano and Dandy have not changed much over the years and now look old-fashioned. Teachers, for instance, still wear mortar boards (= stiff black hats with a square top), though real teachers stopped wearing them long ago. Many of the most popular comics appear in the form of books, called annuals, around Christmas each year.Comic books are similar to comics. Each book has a set of characters who have adventures. Many of the characters, such as Spider-Man, Superman and Wonder Woman, have powers that ordinary people do not have. Graphic novels are longer stories told in the form of comic strips. Pictures of the most famous characters from comic strips and comic books are used on a range of products, for example they are printed on bed covers, T-shirts, lunch boxes and birthday cards.
the comics
[plural] (North American English) the section of a newspaper that contains comic strips（报章上的）连环漫画栏
a person who makes people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories喜剧演员 synonym comedian