Humor



GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 纵容, 迁就
• ［英］ v. 纵容, 迁就 ( to comply with the mood or whim; indulge)
• ［类］ chide : pillory / humor : mollycoddle ( 程度: 指责 -> 当众嘲笑 / 迁就 -> 溺爱)
• ［记］ humor作为""幽默""一意大家都知道

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English humour, from Anglo-French umor, umour, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin humor, from Latin humor, umor moisture; akin to Old Norse v?kr damp, Latin humēre to be moist, and perhaps to Greek hygros wet
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph)
  • b. a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity
• 2.
  • a. in medieval physiology a fluid or juice of an animal or plant; specifically one of the four fluids entering into the constitution of the body and determining by their relative proportions a person's health and temperament
  • b. characteristic or habitual disposition or bent ; temperament <of cheerful humor>
  • c. an often temporary state of mind imposed especially by circumstances <was in no humor to listen>
  • d. a sudden, unpredictable, or unreasoning inclination ; whim <the uncertain humors of nature>
• 3.
  • a. that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous
  • b. the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous
  • c. something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing
• Synonyms: see wit

II. transitive verb (humored; humoring)

• Date: 1588
• 1. to soothe or content by indulgence
• 2. to adapt oneself to
• Synonyms: see indulge

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