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be a laughingstock
常用单数形式。
He was a laughingstock after his public mistake.
他在公开犯错后成了一个笑柄。
笑柄
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笑柄
a victim of ridicule or pranks
He was a laughingstock after his public mistake.
他在公开犯错后成了一个笑柄。
被嘲笑或恶作剧的对象
a victim of ridicule or pranks
After his embarrassing fall, he became the laughingstock of the whole school.
在他尴尬地摔倒后，他成了全校的笑柄。
His silly hat made him the laughingstock at the party.
他那顶可笑的帽子让他成了派对上的笑柄。
The team's repeated mistakes turned them into the laughingstocks of the tournament.
这支队伍一再犯错，结果成了锦标赛的笑柄。
常用单数形式。
He was a laughingstock after his public mistake.
他在公开犯错后成了一个笑柄。
They made a laughingstock of him in front of everyone.
他们在大家面前把他当成了笑柄。
The team became the laughingstock of the league.
这支队伍成了联盟的笑柄。
Not this
He was laughingstock of the school.
Use this
He was the laughingstock of the school.
laughingstock 是可数名词，通常需要冠词。这里特指学校的笑柄，用定冠词 'the'。
Not this
They laughingstock him all the time.
Use this
They make him a laughingstock all the time.
laughingstock 是名词，不能用作动词。应使用 'make someone a laughingstock' 结构。
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成为……的笑柄
After that embarrassing speech, he became the laughingstock of the office.
在那次尴尬的演讲之后，他成了办公室里的笑柄。
使……成为笑柄；拿……当笑料
The tabloids made a laughingstock of the politician.
八卦小报让那位政客成为笑柄。
全镇的笑柄
His failed invention made him the laughingstock of the town.
他失败的发明让他成了全镇的笑柄。
公众的笑柄
The scandal turned the once-respected actor into a public laughingstock.
这桩丑闻让那位曾受尊敬的演员成了公众的笑柄。
……的笑柄
After his failed presentation, he became the laughingstock of the whole team.
演讲失败后，他成了整个团队的笑柄。
使……成为笑柄
His embarrassing mistake made a laughingstock of him in front of everyone.
他尴尬的错误使他在所有人面前成了笑柄。
沦为笑柄
If this gets out, the company will become a laughingstock.
如果这件事传出去，公司就会沦为笑柄。
我在朋友面前成了笑柄；我呼求神，他应允了我——一个公义完全的人，竟成了笑柄！
This famous line from the Bible uses 'laughingstock' to describe how Job is mocked by his own friends despite his innocence.
这句出自《圣经》的名句用 laughingstock 一词描述约伯虽然清白无辜，却被自己朋友们嘲笑的处境。
Use laughingstock naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 laughing（笑）＋ stock（木桩）：人像木桩一样站着被大家笑，就是笑柄。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述 该词通常可视为中性语域，多用于描述某人或某事物成为被嘲笑的对象。选择中性语域比较稳妥，日常与书面表达中都适用。
常用单数形式，如 a laughingstock
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