the act or sound of laughing 笑；笑声 to roar/howl with laughter 哈哈大笑 tears/gales/peals of laughter 眼泪/大风/阵阵笑声 Everyone burst into fits of laughter. 每个人都爆发出一阵笑声。 a house full of laughter (= with a happy atmosphere) 充满欢声笑语的房子 He gave a snort of derisive laughter. 他发出一阵嘲弄的笑声。 - laughter from somebody
When he said this, there was hysterical laughter from the audience. 当他说这话时，观众发出歇斯底里的笑声。
Extra ExamplesA ripple of laughter ran round the room. 房间里四处响起此起彼伏的笑声。 Andrea burst into cruel laughter. 安德烈亚突然狰狞地大笑起来。 Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut. 看到我的发型，大家都哈哈大笑。 Gerry exploded into more drunken laughter. 格里突然醉醺醺地笑得更欢了。 He gave a sudden bellow of laughter. 他突然放声大笑。 Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling. 她的笑声很有感染力，每个人都笑了。 His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter. 他的建议引起阵阵响亮的笑声。 Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd. 亨特的陈述引得众人大笑。 I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs. 我听见楼上传来沙哑的笑声。 She was bent over with suppressed laughter. 她弯下腰强忍着笑。 That comment brought another round of laughter. 那句评论引来又一轮笑声。 The joke provoked laughter from all of them. 这笑话逗得他们全都笑了。 Will was no longer able to contain his laughter. 威尔再也克制不住自己的笑声了。 the canned laughter of a sitcom 情景喜剧的预录笑声 He threw back his head and roared with laughter. 他猛地仰起头哈哈大笑起来。
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；笑弯腰