humour
n . 幽默,诙谐,情绪,体液
vt . 使满足,迁就
幽默,诙谐,情绪,体液使满足,迁就
humour n 1 :
a characteristic (
habitual or relatively temporary )
state of feeling ; "
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time "; "
he was in a bad humor " [
synonym :
{
temper }, {
mood }, {
humor }, {
humour }]
2 :
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [
synonym : {
wit }, {
humor }, {
humour },
{
witticism }, {
wittiness }]
3 : (
Middle Ages )
one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state ; "
the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile " [
synonym : {
humor }, {
humour }]
4 :
the liquid parts of the body [
synonym : {
liquid body substance },
{
bodily fluid }, {
body fluid }, {
humor }, {
humour }]
5 :
the quality of being funny ; "
I fail to see the humor in it "
[
synonym : {
humor }, {
humour }]
6 :
the trait of appreciating (
and being able to express )
the humorous ; "
she didn '
t appreciate my humor "; "
you can '
t survive in the army without a sense of humor " [
synonym : {
humor },
{
humour }, {
sense of humor }, {
sense of humour }]
v 1 :
put into a good mood [
synonym : {
humor }, {
humour }]
Humor \
Hu "
mor \,
n . [
OE .
humour ,
OF .
humor ,
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F .
humeur ,
L .
humor ,
umor ,
moisture ,
fluid ,
fr .
humere ,
umere ,
to be moist .
See {
Humid }.] [
Written also {
humour }.]
1 .
Moisture ,
especially ,
the moisture or fluid of animal bodies ,
as the chyle ,
lymph ,
etc .;
as ,
the humors of the eye ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (
the blood ,
phlegm ,
yellow bile or choler ,
and black bile or melancholy ),
on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended .
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2 . (
Med .)
A vitiated or morbid animal fluid ,
such as often causes an eruption on the skin . "
A body full of humors ."
--
Sir W .
Temple .
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3 .
State of mind ,
whether habitual or temporary (
as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body );
disposition ;
temper ;
mood ;
as ,
good humor ;
ill humor .
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Examine how your humor is inclined ,
And which the ruling passion of your mind .
--
Roscommon .
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A prince of a pleasant humor . --
Bacon .
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I like not the humor of lying . --
Shak .
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4 .
pl .
Changing and uncertain states of mind ;
caprices ;
freaks ;
vagaries ;
whims .
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Is my friend all perfection ,
all virtue and discretion ?
Has he not humors to be endured ?
--
South .
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5 .
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn ,
and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations ;
a playful fancy ;
facetiousness .
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For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor ,
I '
d almost said wit .
--
Goldsmith .
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A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host . --
W .
Irving .
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{
Aqueous humor }, {
Crystalline humor }
or {
Crystalline lens },
{
Vitreous humor }. (
Anat .)
See {
Eye }.
{
Out of humor },
dissatisfied ;
displeased ;
in an unpleasant frame of mind .
Syn :
Wit ;
satire ;
pleasantry ;
temper ;
disposition ;
mood ;
frame ;
whim ;
fancy ;
caprice .
See {
Wit }.
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humour \
humour \
n .
same as {
humor }. [
Chiefly Brit .]
[
PJC ]
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