动 smile，laugh，ridicule，laugh at，laughter ；

[例句] 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

[例句] 警察冲她笑了笑，“这狗真漂亮。”——“哦，谢谢。” The policeman smiled at her. "Pretty dog."— "Oh well, thank you."

ridicule，deride，jeer at，make fun of，jeer；

[例句] 我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。 I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly.

[例句] 他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。 He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.

ridicule，jeer，sneer at，deride，bemock ；

[例句] 她是小报讥笑讽刺的对象。 She is an object of ridicule in the tabloid newspapers.

[例句] 那男孩因跛脚被人讥笑, 变得羞怯而压抑. Having been laughed at for his lameness, the boy became shy and inhibited.

ridicule，make fun of，poke fun at，guy，jest with ；

[例句] 游客们偷偷地取笑当地人落伍的做法和衣着。 The tourists snigger at the locals' outdated ways and dress.

[例句] 她不再取笑他，只是朝他咧着嘴笑。 She gave over teasing and grinned at him.

crack a joke，joke，make fun of，play a trick，badinage ；

[例句] 蕾特别喜欢咯咯地笑，而且总是爱开玩笑。 Ray was very giggly and joking all the time.

[例句] 保罗十分讨人喜欢，开玩笑时很有分寸。 Paul is a thoroughly likeable man with an unerring sense of comedy.

smile，beam on ；

[例句] 踏入未知地带最好的对策就是微笑。 The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.

[例句] 我发现当我们的目光相遇时，我本能地还以微笑。 I found myself smiling back instinc-tively when our eyes met.

joke，jest，fun，josh，rib；

[例句] 队友们经常开我的玩笑。 I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.

[例句] 士兵们把他当作弟弟一样和他开着玩笑。 The soldiers bantered with him as though he was a kid brother.

snicker，titter，laugh secretly，laugh up [in] one's sleeve，burble ；

[例句] 她的直率让他窃笑。 He chuckled at her forthrightness.

[例句] 布罗克韦斜着眼睛看我, 无声地窃笑着. Brockway watched me out of the corner of his eye, snickering noiselessly.

laugh wildly，laugh boisterously，wild laugh，roars of laughter，guffaw ；

[例句] 她用刺耳的狂笑打断了他的讲话。 She cut him off with a wild bray of laughter.

[例句] 他仰天狂笑。 He tossed back his head in a howl of berserk laughter.

laughable，ridiculous，ludicrous，funny，facetiosity ；

[例句] 对如此荒谬可笑的情况我感到越来越生气。 I find myself growing increasingly angry at the absurdity of the situation.

[例句] 我以前常穿新潮的衣服，但看上去却滑稽可笑。 I used to wear trendy gear but it just looked ridiculous.

grinning，smiling broadly ；

[例句] [谚]脸上笑嘻嘻,便饭成筵席. A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.

[例句] “ 是啊, " 杜洛埃笑嘻嘻地走了过来,站在办公室门口探头朝里看. " Yes,'smiled Drouet, approaching and looking in at the door.

joke，jest，jape；

[例句] 这笔交易看上去太诱人了，要是拒绝它简直是笑话。 The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no.

[例句] 莫利笑话我糟糕的方向感。 Molly razzed me about my rotten sense of direction.

smiling expression，smile ；

[例句] 黑利打量着她，脸上带着神秘的笑容。 Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face.

[例句] 他笑了，笑容古怪迷离，叫我后背发凉。 He smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back.

laughingstock，butt，joke，derision，a standing joke ；

[例句] 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

[例句] 司法选举的过程成为了笑柄。 The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.

laugh foolishly，giggle，smirk，heehaw，horselaugh ；

[例句] “谢谢你，医生，”护士傻笑着说。 "Thank you doctor," said the nurse with a simper.

[例句] 我紧张得傻笑起来。 I was so nervous I got the giggles.

laugh，laughter ；

[例句] 他们听见酒瓶摔碎的声音，然后是一阵更喧闹的笑声。 They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter.

[例句] 他的笑声好像有点不自然。 His laughter seemed a little strained.

laughingstock，object of ridicule，comic stories，joke，drollery ；

[例句] 令人想象不到的是，这个男人已经成为了笑谈。 The man has become an unlikely figure of fun.

[例句] 我们正笑谈有关你哥哥的事情. We were laughing about your brother.

laughable，funny，ridiculous ；

[例句] 只要觉得好笑就尽管笑。 Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.

[例句] 据说女孩们觉得整件事情一点也不好笑。 Apparently the girls are not at all amused by the whole business.

laugh heartily，mirth ；

[例句] 他感到很失望，但还竭力强装欢笑。 He felt disappointed but he tried to put on a brave face.

[例句] 中学生活也不是充满欢笑。 Life at high school wasn't a bundle of laughs, either.

chatting and laughing，josh ；

[例句] 内尔的同事们说他实际上在说笑逗乐，心情不错。 Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.

[例句] 我们说笑了很久。 We talked and laughed a great deal.