今日の英語単語

laugh

笑う

解説

英語 > 日本語

laugh

1. 動詞. (自動詞)わらう。嘲笑する。

2. 動詞. (他動詞, 同族目的語)～のようにわらう。

He laughed a bitter laugh.

彼は苦笑いした。

3. 名詞. わらい

4. 名詞. たのしいこと

英語 > 英語

laugh

1. n. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

2. n. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

3. n. (NZ) A fun person.

4. v. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied

5. v. (intransitive, obsolete, figuratively) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

6. v. (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

7. v. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

8. v. To express by, or utter with, laughter.

日本語 > 英語

笑う

1. v. to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:

2. v. to laugh

3. v. to smile

マイクがよく笑いますよね。 - Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he.

4. v. to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom

桜の花が笑う - the cherry flowers bloom

5. v. to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)

栗が笑っている時期 - the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open

6. v. (metaphor) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)

山の景色が笑う - the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms

7. v. to come undone (as a stitch or seam)

縫い目が笑っている - the seam is coming open

8. v. (slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)

膝が笑う - go wobbly in the knees

9. v. to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of

ジュディは私を笑った。 - Judy laughed at me / made fun of me / made a fool of me.

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例文

All the boys didn't laugh at him.
    その少年たちがみんな彼を見て笑ったわけではなかった。
Don't make me laugh.
    よく言うよ。
Please don't laugh! Try it yourself!
    笑ってはいけません。自分でやってみなさい。
I could not but laugh.
    私は笑わないわけにはいかなかった。
He made the children laugh.
    彼は子供達を笑わせた。

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