laugh

笑い、笑い声

何かを面白いと感じたときの声や、笑うこと。

やさしい英語で： The sound or act of showing that you find something funny.

• She gave a loud laugh.
• His laugh made everyone smile.
• We had a good laugh about our mistake.

類義語： chuckle

よく使う表現： a loud laugh, give a laugh, have a laugh

笑いの種、面白い人

面白い人や物事。ばかばかしくて笑われるものもいう。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that seems funny, sometimes because it seems silly or deserves no respect.

• That hat is a laugh.
• His excuse was an absolute laugh.
• Your brother is a real laugh at parties.

類義語： joke

よく使う表現： a real laugh, an absolute laugh, a good laugh

笑う

面白いことやうれしいことがあって、声を出して笑う。

やさしい英語で： To make sounds with your voice because something seems funny or makes you happy.

• The joke made me laugh.
• We laughed together all evening.
• Why are you laughing so hard?

使い方： laugh at something (We laughed at his joke.); laugh about something (We can laugh about the mistake now.)

類義語： chuckle, giggle

反対語： cry

よく使う表現： laugh loudly, laugh at something, make someone laugh, laugh with someone

あざ笑う、ばかにする

人や物事をばかにして、笑ったり軽く扱ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To show that you think someone or something is silly or deserves no respect.

• Don’t laugh at my shoes.
• They laughed at him for getting the answer wrong.
• She felt hurt when her classmates laughed at her drawing.

使い方： laugh at someone/something (Please don’t laugh at my accent.)

類義語： mock, ridicule, make fun of

よく使う表現： laugh at someone, laugh at something