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单词 ludicrous
释义 lu·di·crous
\ˈlüdəkrəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin ludicrus, from ludus game, play, sport; akin to Latin ludere to play, Greek loidoros abusive
1. archaic : relating to, characterized by, or designed for play or amusement : not serious : frivolous, joking
 < the most attractive of all ludicrous compositions — Samuel Johnson >
2.
 a. : amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
  < an unchangeable grin that gave still more ludicrous effect to the comic alarm and sorrow of their features — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
 b. : meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
  < common sense making transparently clear what was ludicrous in every fallacy — Edgar Johnson >
  < how ludicrous it was to leave the substance of power in a single ruler — Times Literary Supplement >
  < this act of ludicrous cruelty — Edmund Burke >
Synonyms: see laughable
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