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
被嘲笑或恶作剧的对象
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。
用法提示：laughingstock 为名词，意为“笑柄”，在此句中作表语。
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。
用法提示：laughingstock 为名词，意为“笑柄”，在此句中作宾语补足语。
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。
用法提示：laughingstocks 是名词复数，意为“笑柄”，在此句中作介词宾语。
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。
较口语，常与 the joke of + 地点/群体连用，如 the joke of the town；侧重因缺点或失误成为笑料。
通常以 the butt of jokes/ridicule 的形式出现，必须带 of 短语；不能单独说 He's a butt 来表示“笑柄”。
较正式，常见于书面语；强调因外形或行为滑稽而被取笑，常与 be/become 连用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was laughingstock of the school.
正确表达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'。
grammar · medium
易错句子They laughingstock him all the time.
正确表达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。
差异：laughingstock指被嘲笑的人或事物，而laughing gas是一种气体，用于医疗麻醉。
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。
laugh (笑) + -ing (现在分词后缀) + stock (目标/对象)；同根词：laugh 笑、laughter 笑声、laughable 可笑的
成为笑柄后常招来他人的嘲笑，是该词典型情境中的核心行为。
被人当作笑柄时，往往伴随轻蔑的态度，体现社会评价的降低。
嘲笑和讥讽的具体表现，是笑柄经常承受的对待方式。
成为笑柄会带来强烈的羞辱感，是这种境遇的情感后果。
作为笑柄时感到的尴尬和难堪，与公众场合的丢脸密切相关。
……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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.