laughable
/ˈlɑːfəb(ə)l/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
laug - hab - le -> laughable
ရယ်မောသည်။ ရယ်သွမ်းသွေးသည်။
laugh aloud/ out loud ❍ He burst out laughing. ❍ He's so funny – he always makes me laugh. ❍ I know they've had a bad time, but you've got to laugh, haven't you (ie there is a funny side to it)? ❍ Don't laugh (ie think me ridiculous), but I've decided to teach myself Chinese. ❍ ‘That's stupid!’ laughed Peter. ❍ Years later, we laughed about the incident. ❍ (fig ) a man who laughs in the face of danger. [ဥ] အန္တရာယ်ကို ပြက်ရယ်ပြုသောသူ။
n
၁။ ရယ်မောခြင်း။ ရယ်မောပုံ။ ရယ်သံ။ အပျော်အပြက်။ give / let out / break into / utter a (loud) laugh ❍ a cynical / gentle / polite / hearty laugh ❍ I was angry at the time, but we had a good laugh about it (ie found it amusing) afterwards. ❍ I joined the drama group for a laugh (ie for fun), never dreaming that one day I'd be acting professionally ❍ His feeble attempt at humour failed to get / raise a laugh.
၂။ (infml ) ရယ်ဖွယ်။ And he didn't realize it was you? What a laugh! ❍ He's a real laugh. ❍ (ironic ) Her, offer to help? That's a laugh!
❏ laughable / -ǝbl / adj (derog ) ရယ်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ ရယ်စရာကောင်းသော။ The whole incident would be laughable if it were not so serious.
❏ laugh all the way to the bank [IDM ] (infml ) ရတနာပုံဆိုက်ပြီး အပျော်ကြီးပျော်နေသည်။
❏ laugh at sb/sth [PHRV ]
၁။ ရယ်စရာကောင်း၍ ရယ်သည်။ laugh at a comedian / a joke.
၂။ ရယ်သွမ်းသွေးသည်။ We all laughed at Jane when she said she believed in ghosts.
❏ laugh in sb's face [IDM ] သရော်မော်ကားပြုသည်။
❏ laugh sth off [PHRV ] (infml ) အရေးမကြီးဟန်၊ ဂရုမစိုက် ဟန် ရယ်ပစ်သည်။ He laughed off the suggestion that his job was in jeopardy.
❏ laugh on the other side of one's face [IDM ] (infml ) ကြည်နူးနေရာမှ စိတ်ပျက်၊ ဝမ်းနည်းသွားရသည်။ He'll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads this letter.
❏ laugh sb/sth out of court [IDM ] (infml ) တစ်ချက်လွှတ် ပယ်ချသည်။ Her story was simply laughed out of court.
❏ laugh till/ until one cries [IDM ] မျက်ရည် ထွက် အောင်ပင်ရယ်သည်။ အရယ်သန်သည်။
❏ laugh up one's sleeve (at sb/sth) [IDM ] (infml ) ကျိတ်၍ရယ်သည်။ ရယ်ခိုးသည်။ She knew the truth all along and was laughing up her sleeve at us.
laughably / -ǝbli / adv
- We talked and laughed late into the night.
- [laugh at] : The audience didn’t laugh at his jokes.
- [laugh about] : They were still laughing about the experience years later.
- [burst out laughing] : She burst out laughing when she saw what he was wearing.
- When I told them my idea, they just laughed.
- [laugh in someone’s face] : If someone had told me this was going to happen, I would’ve laughed in their face.
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