funny
adjective
uk/ˈfʌn.i/us/ˈfʌn.i/funnyadjective(HUMOROUS)
A1
humorous;causinglaughter:
滑稽的;有趣的Do youknowany funnyjokes?你知道什么有趣的笑话吗?
I've neverfoundCharlie Chaplin very funny.我从来都不觉得查理‧卓别林很滑稽。
It's a really funnyfilm.这真是场滑稽的电影。
It's not funny - don'tlaugh!没什么好笑的——不准笑!
Breakingyourlegisn't funny(= it isserious).摔断了腿可不是好玩的。
Nomatterhowdisastrousthesituationthere alwaysseemsto be a funnysideto it.无论情况有多糟,似乎总有其可笑的一面。
Don't youtryto be funnywithme(= beseriousand showrespect),youngman!少跟我没大没小的,小子!
causing laughter
- funnyShe told me a funny story about Max.
- amusingI gave her an article that I thought she would find amusing.
- humorousShe wrote a humorous account of her teenage years.
- hilariousIt's the most hilarious comedy on television.
- hystericalI've just read his autobiography - it's absolutely hysterical.
- He was being funny but Ithinkhe washalfserious.
- A funny thinghappenedin theofficetoday.
- Her new book'shilariouslyfunny.
- Hisspeechwasfullof inanities that weremeantto be funny.
- He'snaturallyfunny - he doesn'tevenhave totry.
Humour & humorous
- amusingly
- barrel
- blackly
- bone dryidiom
- bring
- broadness
- facetious
- hilarious
- jocular
- joker
- jokester
- non-serious
- photobomb
- photobombing
- playfully
- playfulness
- rib-tickling
- ridiculous
- uproarious
- wag
funnyadjective(STRANGE)
B1
strange,surprising,unexpected, ordifficulttoexplainorunderstand:
奇怪的,古怪的;难以解释的,难以理解的Thewashingmachineis making a funnynoiseagain.洗衣机又发出奇怪的声响了。
He's got some funnyideasabout how tobringupchildren.他在抚养孩子方面有些奇思妙想。
That'sfunny - I'msureIleftmykeyshere.真奇怪,我确信是把钥匙放在这儿了。
A funnythinghappenedto me on the way to thecrematorium.我在去火葬场的路上遇到一件怪事。
Ifeltfunny when Irealizedeveryone waswatchingme.当我注意到所有人都在看着我时,感觉怪怪的。
It's funnyhowAlec alwaysdisappearswheneverthere'sworkto be done.真搞不懂,只要一有事要做,亚历克就不见人影了。
She's a funnygirl(= she isstrangeanddifficulttounderstand).她是个古怪的女孩。
UKinformalThe television'sgonefunny(= isn'tworkingcorrectly).那台电视机出毛病了。
Synonyms
bizarre
curious(STRANGE)mainlyUK
eccentric(STRANGE)
eerie
freakish
odd(STRANGE)
outlandishdisapproving
peculiar(STRANGE)
spookyinformal
strange(UNUSUAL)
weird
strange
- strangeShe's a strange girl.
- oddI always thought there was something a bit odd about her.
- bizarreI had a really bizarre dream last night.
- weirdHis films are so weird that I can barely get through them.
- funnyThis lemonade tastes funny.
- peculiarThe chicken had a peculiar smell.
- Thisbaconsmellsabitfunny - do youthinkit's gone off?
- Over theyearswe've got used to his funny littleways.
- Roz hasadoptedone or two funnymannerismssince she's been away.
- Thatsmellis makingfeelabitfunny.
- Why are you being funny with me? Have I done somethingwrong?
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- freakishness
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- perverse
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- unorthodox
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
funnyadjective(DISHONEST)
informal
dishonest;involvingcheating:
不诚实的,欺骗的Ithinkthere's something funnygoing onnextdoor.我认为隔壁房间里正在进行一些见不得人的勾当。
Dishonest
- artificiality
- bad faith
- be rotten to the coreidiom
- bent
- cowboy
- down-and-dirty
- dubious
- dubiously
- false
- finagle
- jackleg
- knavery
- louche
- low-down
- malfeasance
- squirrelly
- sugar-coated
- under false pretencesphrase
- underhand
- unreliable
funnyadjective(UNFRIENDLY)
[after verb]UKinformal
unfriendlyorseemingto beoffended:
不友好的;似乎被冒犯了的,生气的I'm not being funny or anything but IthinkI'drathergo on my own.我不是生气了或其他什么意思,不过我还是觉得自己一个人去好。
Shesoundedabitfunny with me on thephonelastnightand Iwonderedif I'doffendedher.昨晚在电话里她听起来有点儿生我的气,不知道是不是我什么地方得罪了她。
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- coolness
- dourness
- estrange
- estranged
- estrangement
- forbidding
- frigid
- prickly
- sourly
- sourness
- standoffish
- standoffishly
- standoffishness
funnyadjective(ILL)
[after verb]informal
slightlyill:
稍有不适的I don'tknowif it was something Iatebut I'mfeelinga littlebitfunny.我不知道是不是我吃的东西有问题,反正觉得有点儿不舒服。
Not fit & healthy
- be at death's dooridiom
- bed
- clinically obese
- complain ofsomething
- critical list
- deconditioned
- gaunt
- hollow
- hollow-eyed
- poorly
- rough
- sickly
- unhealthily
- unwell
- unwholesomeness
- wabbit
- wan
- wanly
- worn
- wretched
funnyadjective(CRAZY)
UKinformal
slightlycrazy:
有点发疯的,精神有点失常的All thestressmade himgoabitfunny.所有的压力弄得他精神有点儿不正常了。
Stupid and silly
- absurd
- absurdity
- absurdly
- adolescent
- againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
- dizzily
- dopey
- dorky
- dottiness
- dotty
- imbecility
- impolitic
- imprudent
- inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
- insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
- uncritical
- uncritically
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unreasonably
Grammar
Funorfunny?
Fun is an uncountable noun meaning ‘pleasure and enjoyment’:…Idioms
funny ha-ha or funny peculiar?
it's a funny old world
funny
noun
uk/ˈfʌn.i/us/ˈfʌn.i/the funnies[plural]mainlyUSold-fashioned
theseriesofdrawingsin anewspaperthattellahumorousstory:
(报纸上的)滑稽连环漫画Iignoredthenewsand wentstraightto thefunnies.
Grammar
Funorfunny?
Fun is an uncountable noun meaning ‘pleasure and enjoyment’:…