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humour n. 幽默,詼諧,情緒,體液
vt. 使滿足,遷就 幽默,詼諧,情緒,體液使滿足,遷就 humour n 1: a characteristic ( habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; " whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; " he was in a bad humor" [ synonym: { temper}, { mood}, { humor}, { humour}] 2: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [ synonym: { wit}, { humor}, { humour}, { witticism}, { wittiness}] 3: ( Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; " the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" [ synonym: { humor}, { humour}] 4: the liquid parts of the body [ synonym: { liquid body substance}, { bodily fluid}, { body fluid}, { humor}, { humour}] 5: the quality of being funny; " I fail to see the humor in it" [ synonym: { humor}, { humour}] 6: the trait of appreciating ( and being able to express) the humorous; " she didn' t appreciate my humor"; " you can' t survive in the army without a sense of humor" [ synonym: { humor}, { humour}, { sense of humor}, { sense of humour}] v 1: put into a good mood [ synonym: { humor}, { humour}] Humor \ Hu" mor\, n. [ OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See { Humid}.] [ Written also { humour}.] 1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors ( the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. " A body full of humors." -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster] 3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary ( as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor. [ 1913 Webster] Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. -- Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster] A prince of a pleasant humor. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] I like not the humor of lying. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. [ 1913 Webster] Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humors to be endured? -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness. [ 1913 Webster] For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I' d almost said wit. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] { Aqueous humor}, { Crystalline humor} or { Crystalline lens}, { Vitreous humor}. ( Anat.) See { Eye}. { Out of humor}, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame of mind. Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood; frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See { Wit}. [ 1913 Webster]
humour \ humour\ n. same as { humor}. [ Chiefly Brit.] [ PJC]
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