Word
thigh-slapper
/ˈθai,slæpə/
noun
令人捧腹大笑的笑话；极其好笑的笑话
a joke that is very funny; a hilarious joke
- 1.
Synonym of knee-slapper.
为 knee-slapper 的同义词。
为 knee-slapper 的同义词。；令人拍腿捧腹的笑话
In use
That joke about the lost dog was a real thigh-slapper; everyone at the party burst out laughing.
When my uncle told a thigh-slapper at dinner, I nearly choked on my drink.
Her speech was full of thigh-slappers, so the audience could not stop smiling.
a [adjective] thigh-slapper
形容词常用 absolute, real, hilarious 等。
He told an absolute thigh-slapper.
他讲了一个绝对让人捧腹的笑话。
tell (someone) a thigh-slapper
She told a thigh-slapper at the party.
她在派对上讲了一个令人拍腿大笑的笑话。
be a thigh-slapper
常用于口语，强调幽默效果。
That joke was a real thigh-slapper.
那个笑话真是个让人拍腿的趣事。
Common mistakes
He told a thigh-slapper joke.He told a thigh-slapper.
“thigh-slapper”本身已表示“令人捧腹的笑话”，无需再加“joke”，否则语义重复。
That is thigh-slapper.That is a thigh-slapper.
“thigh-slapper”是可数名词，单独使用前需加冠词“a”或“the”等限定词。
Connections
Confusing words
- knee-slapper
- 令人拍膝捧腹的笑话 · thigh-slapper强调拍大腿，knee-slapper强调拍膝盖，但实际用法几乎相同，常可互换。
- side-splitter
- 令人捧腹大笑的笑话 · side-splitter侧重笑到肚子痛，而thigh-slapper侧重拍腿动作，但都是形容极其好笑的笑话。
Word family
- thigh
- 大腿 · n
- slap
- 拍打；掌掴 · v
- thigh-slapping
- 令人捧腹的；极其好笑的 · adj
Learner notes
Grammar Note
Informal term.
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。
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