laughable

形容某事物能引人发笑，或因荒唐、拙劣而显得可笑、可鄙。

💡 记忆钩子

核心画面是“笑出来”：原本只是“逗人发笑”，后来常进一步表示事情荒唐到不值得认真对待，甚至令人嘲笑和鄙视。

📝 学习建议

不要只把 laughable 理解为中性的“有趣”或“幽默”；现代英语中它常带有“荒唐可笑、可鄙”的负面意味。
先掌握“荒唐得可笑”这一常用义，较早的“逗人发笑”用法主要在旧式或历史语境中辨认即可。

📖 中文释义

adj

rare 逗人发笑的

📖 指某件事有趣或滑稽，足以使人发笑。这是较早的用法，现代英语中不如“荒唐可笑”的意思常见。

💡 常见于较老的书面叙述中，例如“a laughable incident”表示“令人发笑的事件”。在现代语境里，读者往往会优先理解出嘲讽意味，因此若只是想说“幽默”，通常应选择更中性的词。

archaic
core 荒唐可笑的；可鄙的

📖 指某人的说法、行为或处境荒唐、拙劣到令人发笑，也因此显得不值得尊重或认真对待。这里的“笑”往往不是友善的笑，而是带有嘲弄和否定意味。

💡 常用结构是“a laughable + 名词”，或“某事 be laughable”，如“a laughable excuse”和“the claim is laughable”。它多用于评论或批评，语气比“funny”尖刻得多；不要用它来礼貌地称赞朋友的幽默感。

His excuse for missing the meeting was laughable.

他没参加会议的借口荒唐得令人发笑。

The plan is laughable and would never work.

这个计划荒唐可笑，根本不可能奏效。

more laughable comparative most laughable superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

arousing or provoking laughter; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

同义词集: amusing comic comical funny laughable mirthful risible

an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls

an amusing fellow

a comic hat

a comical look of surprise

funny stories that made everybody laugh

a very funny writer

it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much

a mirthful experience

risible courtroom antics

近似: humorous, humourous

so unreasonable as to invite derision; ; ; ; ; ;

同义词集: absurd cockeyed derisory idiotic laughable ludicrous nonsensical preposterous ridiculous

the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework

that's a cockeyed idea

ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer

a contribution so small as to be laughable

it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion

a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history

her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous

近似: foolish

🌳 词源

由 laugh（大笑）加后缀 -able 构成，字面意思是“能够引人发笑的”。

Proto-Indo-European *klek- Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan Old English hliehhander. Old English hlæhhan Middle English laughen, laghen English laugh Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English laughable From laugh + -able.

🔄 变式

more laughable compar most laughable superl

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