| 单词 | to raise a laugh |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto raise a laugh (also laughter) e. transitive. To provoke, give rise to (the expression of a feeling or a sentiment). Frequently in to raise a laugh (also laughter): to provoke or elicit laughter; to cause amusement. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth movea1398 drawa1400 provoke?a1425 askc1450 to draw out1525 to stir up1526 allure?1532 suscitate1532 to call out1539 to draw fortha1569 draw1581 attract1593 raise1598 force1602 fetch1622 milka1628 invite1650 summon1679 elicit1822 to work up?1833 educe1840 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie In Lectores sig. B2v You will nere conceiue, and yet dispraise, That which you nere conceiu'd, & laughter raise. a1637 B. Jonson Discov. (1640) 130 Jests that are true and naturall, seldome raise laughter, with the beast, the multitude. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. vi. 207 The publique worship..rais'd a condemning, but selfe-absolving blush into her cheeks. 1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 219 The Comic Muse..raises sly the fair impartial laugh. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 658 They raised a smile At folly's cost. 1835 J. N. Reynolds Voy. U.S. Frigate Potomac 285 Buffoonery is sometimes introduced, as it is on our own stage, for the sole purpose of raising a laugh. 1870 Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. 2 208 Under such circumstances as would raise a blush in the latter, there can always be seen the same expression..on the countenance of the Indian. 1892 G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene viii. 176 He never fell into the habit of raising a laugh at the expense of individuals. 1928 Sunday Disp. 23 Dec. 12/2 A film calculated to raise buckets of tears has its appeal. 1961 ‘W. Cooper’ Scenes Married Life iv. iii. 216 I tried to raise a smile. 1992 C. C. Schlam Metamorph. of Apuleius iv. 40 The doubting traveler, having raised a guffaw..repudiates Aristomenes' tale of magic. < as lemmas |
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