Word
Fully loadedlaughingstocks
/ˈlæfɪŋˌstɑk/
noun
笑柄
laughingstocks is the plural of laughingstock.
a victim of ridicule or pranks
- 1.
a victim of ridicule or pranks
被嘲笑或恶作剧的对象
被嘲笑或恶作剧的对象
In use
After his embarrassing fall, he became the laughingstock of the whole school.
His silly hat made him the laughingstock at the party.
The team's repeated mistakes turned them into the laughingstocks of the tournament.
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。
make a laughingstock of sb
They made a laughingstock of him in front of everyone.
他们在大家面前把他当成了笑柄。
become the laughingstock of sth
Connections
Collocations
- become the laughingstock of
- 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。
- make a laughingstock of
- 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。
- the laughingstock of the town
- 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。
- public laughingstock
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the laughingstock of
- ……的笑柄After his failed presentation, he became the laughingstock of the whole team.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 laughing（笑）＋ stock（木桩）：人像木桩一样站着被大家笑，就是笑柄。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
常用单数形式，如 a laughingstock
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-ɑk/（stock 为 /-stɑk/）结尾，与 laughingstock /ˈlæfɪŋˌstɑk/ 末尾音节的元音和辅音相同，成韵。注意 laugh 中的 -augh- 读 /æf/，不是 caught、taught 里的 /ɔː/；laughing 读 /ˈlæfɪŋ/。本表按通用美式发音用 /ɑ/，英式常把 stock 读作 /stɒk/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.