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    Humorous means funny in a warm, enjoyable way — the kind of funny that makes you smile or laugh softly, not the kind that shocks you. A humorous story, a humorous comment, a humorous drawing.

    Humoroushumorous means意思是 funny in a warm, enjoyable way一種溫暖、讓人愉快的好笑 the kind of funny that makes you smile or laugh softly是那種會讓你微笑或輕輕笑出來的好笑 not the kind that shocks you不是那種讓你嚇一跳的好笑。A humorous story像是humorous story(幽默的故事) a humorous commenthumorous comment(幽默的評論) a humorous drawinghumorous drawing(幽默的畫)。

    It is more polite and more written than funny: teachers and book reviews like it. Though actually, in everyday talk people just say funny much more often; humorous can sound a little careful.

    It它 is more polite and more written than funny比funny更文雅、更書面一點 teachers and book reviews like it老師和書評很喜歡用它。Though actually不過其實 in everyday talk在日常對話裡 people just say funny much more often大家更常直接說funny humorous can sound a little carefulhumorous聽起來會有點刻意講究。

    It is weaker than hilarious, and in modern English it does not mean 'in a good mood' (that is / in a good humour).

    It它 is weaker than hilarious程度比hilarious弱 and in modern English而且在現代英文裡 it does not mean 'in a good mood'它不是指「心情好」 that is good-humoured / in a good humour那要說good-humoured或in a good humour。

    The word is built on humor, which once also named body fluids and a person's temper; the 'funny' meaning is the one meet now.

    The word這個字 is built on humor是建立在humor之上 which once also named body fluids and a person's temper而humor以前也曾指體液和一個人的脾性 the 'funny' meaning is the one learners meet now「好笑」這個意思才是現在學習者會遇到的。

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組成From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), the same as humor + -ous (full of that quality).

同家族的字

  • humorthe American spelling of the base
  • humourthe British spelling of the same base
  • humorista person who works with that quality

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

humorousadj/ˈhjuːməɹəs/

  • 1

    Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

    • The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
  • 2

    Showing humor; witty, jocular.

  • 3

    obsoleteDamp or watery.

  • 4

    obsoleteDependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

    • [S]uch is now the Duke's condition That he misconstrues all that you have done. The Duke is humorous; what he is, indeed, More suits you to conceive than I to speak of.
    • It is a melancholy humor[…]that firſt put this humorous conceipt [translating resverie] of writing into my head.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。