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BNC: 3321 COCA: 3397

laughter

Word family 
laugh·ter /ˈlɑːftə $ ˈlæftər/ ●●● W3 noun [uncountableU]  
LAUGHwhen people laugh, or the sound of people laughing 笑；笑声
 Foster joined in the laughter.
福斯特也跟着笑了起来。
 He looked shocked, then burst into laughter (=started laughing).
他一脸的震惊，接着便放声大笑起来。
roar/scream/shriek with laughter (=laugh very loudly) 发出哄笑/狂笑/尖笑声
 Audiences roared with laughter.
观众哄然大笑。
 He shook with laughter.
他笑得浑身发颤。
peals/gales/howls etc of laughter (=loud laughs) 阵阵笑声
 The comment brought peals of laughter from her classmates.
这番话博得了她同学们的阵阵笑声。
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
burst into laughter (=suddenly start laughing)
Flora burst into laughter when I told her the joke.
roar with laughter (=laugh very noisily)
The crowd roared with laughter.
scream/shriek with laughter (=laugh very noisily and with a high voice)
The children shrieked with laughter as they watched the clown.
shake with laughter
They were shaking with laughter and couldn't even speak.
meet/greet something with laughter (=react to something by laughing)
Her remarks were greeted with mocking laughter.
the laughter dies (down) (=stops)
The laughter died instantly as Robert walked in.
phrases
peals/hoots/gales of laughter (=a lot of loud laughter)
This idea was greeted with hoots of laughter.
a fit of laughter (=a period in which you laugh uncontrollably)
Her funny stories had us in fits of laughter.
a burst of laughter (=a short period of loud laughter)
There was a loud burst of laughter behind me.
adjectives
hysterical laughter (=laughter that is out of control because someone is very excited, nervous etc)
She burst into hysterical laughter.
helpless laughter (=that someone cannot control)
The audience were in fits of helpless laughter.
nervous laughter (=because someone is nervous and not sure how to react)
Nervous laughter greeted her remarks.
raucous laughter (=loud and rough-sounding)
His attempt to explain was greeted with raucous laughter.
suppressed laughter (=when someone tries not to laugh)
He began to shake with suppressed laughter.
Examples from the Corpus
laughter• We could hear laughter coming from the next room.• There was a burst of laughter when he appeared.• Thelma gave a gurgle of laughter.• The show was a great success, and had the audience roaring with laughter.
burst into laughter• Cassidy winked with his one eye and burst into laughter.• I found myself wandering round with a wry smile on my face and occasionally bursting into laughter at my own presumption.• She burst into laughter in the Sabbath dimness of the place.• Both of them said the word on the same downbeat, which made them burst into laughter at how hilarious they sounded.• Gorbachev looked shocked by my familiarity, then burst into laughter.• They burst into laughter and we piled once again into his car for another search.
Origin laughter
Old English hleahtor
laugh·ter noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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BNC: 3321 COCA: 3397
laughter

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF LAUGHTER | VERB + LAUGHTER ADJECTIVE➤hearty, helpless, hysterical, insane, loud, maniacal, raucous, uncontrollable, uproarious, wild開懷的笑聲；無法控制的笑聲；歇斯底里的笑聲；瘋狂的笑聲；大笑聲；沙啞的笑聲◇I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.我聽見樓上傳來沙啞的笑聲。➤happy快樂的笑聲▸➤infectious有感染力的笑聲◇Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling.她的笑聲很有感染力，每個人都笑了。➤nervous不安的笑聲▸➤muffled, quiet, silent, soft, suppressed捂住的笑聲；輕輕的笑聲；無聲的笑；被壓抑的笑聲◇She was bent over with suppressed laughter.她彎下腰強忍着笑。➤derisive, mocking嘲笑聲➤cruel, evil, sinister殘忍的／邪惡的／陰險的笑聲◇Andrea burst into cruel laughter.安德烈亞突然猙獰地大笑起來。➤drunken醉醺醺的笑聲◇Gerry exploded into more drunken laughter.格里突然醉醺醺地笑得更歡了。➤canned預先錄製的笑聲◇the canned laughter of a sitcom情景喜劇的預錄笑聲... OF LAUGHTER➤bark, hoot, howl, roar, shout, shriek, snort一陣大笑；一陣狂笑；一陣尖厲的笑聲；撲哧一笑◇The crowd burst into roars of laughter.觀眾發出陣陣笑聲。➤fit一陣笑聲◇Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut.看到我的髮型，大家都哈哈大笑。➤bout, burst, chorus, gale, guffaw, peal, ripple, round, wave一通笑聲；一陣大笑；一片笑聲；一陣哄笑；一陣響亮的笑聲；此起彼伏的笑聲；一波笑聲◇His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter.他的建議引起陣陣響亮的笑聲。◇A ripple of laughter ran around the room.房間裏響起此起彼伏的笑聲。◇That comment brought another round of laughter.那句評論引來又一輪笑聲。VERB + LAUGHTER➤burst into, dissolve into, explode with爆發出笑聲；不禁大笑；哄笑▸➤bellow with, cackle with, hoot with, howl with, roar with, scream with, shriek with, snort with, squeal with大聲笑；咯咯笑；狂笑；尖聲大笑；撲哧一笑▸➤rock with, shake with笑得前仰後合➤draw, elicit, provoke引起笑聲；惹得大笑◇Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd.亨特的陳述引得眾人大笑。◇The joke provoked laughter from all of them.這笑話逗得他們全都笑了。➤choke back, contain, control, hide, hold back, muffle, smother, stifle, suppress憋住笑聲；克制住笑聲；忍住不笑出聲；捂住笑聲；強忍住笑聲◇Will was no longer able to contain his laughter.威爾再也克制不住自己的笑聲了。
BNC: 3321 COCA: 3397
BNC: 3321 COCA: 3397
laughter
Laughter and the sound of laughter: laughter, laugh, giggle...

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