the act or sound of laughing 笑；笑聲 to roar/howl with laughter 哈哈大笑 tears/gales/peals of laughter 眼淚/大風/陣陣笑聲 Everyone burst into fits of laughter. 每個人都爆發出一陣笑聲。 a house full of laughter (= with a happy atmosphere) 充滿歡聲笑語的房子 He gave a snort of derisive laughter. 他發出一陣嘲弄的笑聲。 - laughter from somebody
When he said this, there was hysterical laughter from the audience. 當他說這話時，觀衆發出歇斯底裏的笑聲。
Extra ExamplesA ripple of laughter ran round the room. 房間裏四處響起此起彼伏的笑聲。 Andrea burst into cruel laughter. 安德烈亞突然猙獰地大笑起來。 Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut. 看到我的發型，大家都哈哈大笑。 Gerry exploded into more drunken laughter. 格裏突然醉醺醺地笑得更歡了。 He gave a sudden bellow of laughter. 他突然放聲大笑。 Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling. 她的笑聲很有感染力，每個人都笑了。 His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter. 他的建議引起陣陣響亮的笑聲。 Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd. 亨特的陳述引得衆人大笑。 I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs. 我聽見樓上傳來沙啞的笑聲。 She was bent over with suppressed laughter. 她彎下腰強忍着笑。 That comment brought another round of laughter. 那句評論引來又一輪笑聲。 The joke provoked laughter from all of them. 這笑話逗得他們全都笑了。 Will was no longer able to contain his laughter. 威爾再也克制不住自己的笑聲了。 the canned laughter of a sitcom 情景喜劇的預錄笑聲 He threw back his head and roared with laughter. 他猛地仰起頭哈哈大笑起來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hearty
- helpless
- hysterical
- …
- bark
- hoot
- howl
- …
- burst into
- dissolve into
- explode with
- …
Word OriginOld English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh.
Idioms
split your sides (laughing/with laughter)
to laugh a lot at somebody/something 笑破肚皮；笑彎腰