英语词汇“sense of humour”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sense of humour n. the ability to appreciate or express what is funny or comical; = sense 9a; cf. sense n. 20.Also with modifying word, indicating either the particular type of humour which appeals to a person, or the type which is characteristic of a particular nation, group, etc.

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1753 R. Hurd Diss. Provinces of Several Species of Drama i, in Q. Horatii Flacci Ars Poetica 233 The observance of this rule..[is] essential to just comedy..; the sense of humour, as of the pathos, depending very much on the continued and undiverted operation of its object upon us.

1797 True Briton 17 Nov. What they say is so absurd, that they cannot rise and assume the characters of Patriots without exciting risible emotions in every body who has the least sense of humour.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 295 A delicate sense of humour, which is the best preservative against all extravagance.

1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 3 That modulating and restraining balance-wheel which we call a sense of humor.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 8/4 A great idea, the product of his mood of black wrath, and a twisted sense of humor.

1969 Times 13 Dec. p. v/2 The British sense of humour, our genius for sending ourselves up.

2001 B. Hatch Internat. Gooseberry 66 A sense of humour is the most valued characteristic in modern society—it's what people claim to look for in personal ads—GSOH.

单词	sense of humour
释义	> as lemmas sense of humour sense of humour n. the ability to appreciate or express what is funny or comical; = sense 9a; cf. sense n. 20.Also with modifying word, indicating either the particular type of humour which appeals to a person, or the type which is characteristic of a particular nation, group, etc. ΚΠ 1753 R. Hurd Diss. Provinces of Several Species of Drama i, in Q. Horatii Flacci Ars Poetica 233 The observance of this rule..[is] essential to just comedy..; the sense of humour, as of the pathos, depending very much on the continued and undiverted operation of its object upon us. 1797 True Briton 17 Nov. What they say is so absurd, that they cannot rise and assume the characters of Patriots without exciting risible emotions in every body who has the least sense of humour. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 295 A delicate sense of humour, which is the best preservative against all extravagance. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 3 That modulating and restraining balance-wheel which we call a sense of humor. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 8/4 A great idea, the product of his mood of black wrath, and a twisted sense of humor. 1969 Times 13 Dec. p. v/2 The British sense of humour, our genius for sending ourselves up. 2001 B. Hatch Internat. Gooseberry 66 A sense of humour is the most valued characteristic in modern society—it's what people claim to look for in personal ads—GSOH. extracted from humourhumorn. < as lemmas
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