| 单词 | humorist |
| 释义 | humorist (once / 2904 pages) n WORD FAMILY humorist: humorists+/humor: humoral, humored, humoring, humorist, humorless, humorous, humors/humored: ill-humored/humorless: humorlessly/humorous: humorously, humorousness, unhumorous/unhumorous: unhumorously USAGE EXAMPLESGarrison Keillor demonstrated his brilliance as one of America’s finest humorists for more than 40 years of “A Prairie Home Companion” broadcasts. Washington Post(Dec 05, 2016) But it fostered a whole industry of mirth populated with cultural figures from hack jokesters to respectable writers slumming it as humorists. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) Q: A lot of political humorists try to spread their ridicule around. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) n someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper humourist Robert Charles Benchley United States humorist (1889-1945) Samuel Langhorne ClemensUnited States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) Ringgold Wilmer LardnerUnited States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) Stephen Butler LeacockCanadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944) Edward LearBritish artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888) Donald Robert Perry Marquishumorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) William Penn Adair RogersUnited States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935) Henry Wheeler ShawUnited States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) James Grover ThurberUnited States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961) Sir Henry Maxmilian BeerbohmEnglish writer and caricaturist (1872-1956) Decimus Junius JuvenalisRoman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140) Francois Rabelaisauthor of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553) Jonathan Swiftan English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745) lampooner, parodist mimics literary or musical style for comic effect punstersomeone overly fond of making puns ironist, ridiculer, satirista humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm card, wag, wita witty amusing person who makes jokes caricaturistsomeone who parodies in an exaggerated manner entertainer a person who tries to please or amuse |
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