a sense of humor
固定搭配，表示“幽默感”，常与 have 连用。
She has a great sense of humor.
她很有幽默感。
幽默感；心情；情绪；具有引发笑声的巧妙或语言技巧或不协调的信息；欣赏(并能表达)幽默的特质；一种特征(习惯性或相对暂时的)情感状态
something said or written that is amusing and makes people laugh
具有引发笑声的巧妙或语言技巧或不协调的信息
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
欣赏(并能表达)幽默的特质
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
一种特征(习惯性或相对暂时的)情感状态
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Even during serious meetings, her humor helps everyone relax.
即使在严肃的会议中，她的幽默感也能让每个人放松。
用法提示：humor 为不可数名词，指‘幽默感’，在句中作主语。
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His dry humor often goes unnoticed by people who do not know him well.
他的冷幽默常常被不太了解他的人忽略。
用法提示：humor 为不可数名词，在本句指‘冷幽默’，即含蓄的幽默方式，在句中作主语。
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A good teacher uses humor to make lessons more memorable.
好老师用幽默让课程更令人难忘。
用法提示：humor 为不可数名词，表示‘幽默风趣’，在句中作 use 的宾语。
AI contextual example
固定搭配，表示“幽默感”，常与 have 连用。
She has a great sense of humor.
她很有幽默感。
此义指“心情、情绪”，常见于 in a good/bad humor 等短语。
He was in a bad humor after the meeting.
会议结束后他心情不好。
表示“看出……中的幽默”，常用于否定句或疑问句。
I can see the humor in the situation.
我能看出这种情况中的幽默。
grammar · medium
易错句子This movie is very humor.
正确表达This movie is very humorous.
汉语的“幽默”既能作名词也能作形容词，但英语的 humor 只是名词，不能放在 be 动词后当形容词用；表示“某物很幽默”要用形容词 humorous（或 funny），所以系动词后应为 humorous。
grammar · medium
易错句子He told us a humor.
正确表达He told us a joke.
humor 是不可数名词，指“幽默”这种抽象特质，不能加不定冠词 a 表示“一个幽默”；指单个引人发笑的故事或话语要用可数名词 joke，故说 a joke。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like his humor sense.
正确表达I like his sense of humor.
汉语“幽默感”是“幽默+感”的顺序，英语的固定搭配是 sense of humor，用 of 结构表达“……的感觉”，不能把 humor 直接当定语放在 sense 前，所以要用 a sense of humor。
wit 强调机敏、妙语和智力上的风趣，常带“聪明”意味；humor 更宽泛，指使人发笑或感到有趣的特质或幽默感，不必然强调聪明。
comedy 指喜剧这一类型、作品或表演；humor 指幽默感或诙谐特质，不能用来表示“一部喜剧作品”。
joke 指具体的笑话或玩笑，是可数名词；humor 指幽默这种特质或幽默感，通常不可数，不能说 a humor 表示“一个笑话”。
幽默感
She has a great sense of humor.
她很有幽默感。
冷面幽默；不动声色的幽默
His dry humor takes a moment to register.
他那种不动声色的幽默需要想一下才反应过来。
黑色幽默
The novel is full of black humor about death.
这部小说充满了关于死亡的黑色幽默。
自嘲式幽默
He uses self-deprecating humor to put people at ease.
他用自嘲式的幽默让别人放松下来。
低级粗俗的幽默；厕所幽默
The movie relies on toilet humor to get laughs.
这部电影靠低俗的厕所幽默来逗笑。
温和的幽默
Her gentle humor makes the story a pleasure to read.
她温和的幽默让这个故事读起来很愉快。
adj. (humor + -ous)
adv. (humor + -ous + -ly)
n. (humor + -ist)
adj. (humor + -less)
adj. (good + humor + -ed)
adj. (ill + humor + -ed)
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