ludicrousness n. 可笑,滑稽
- by the ludicrousness of the punchline.
道出了题目的意思。 - Kant felt that joke-telling relies on building up a psychic tension which is safely punctured by the ludicrousness of the punchline.
坎特认为笑话讲究先逐步累积一种心理压力,然后利用包袱中的荒唐滑稽将这种压力健康地释放出来.
Ludicrous \Lu"di*crous\, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus
play, sport, fr. ludere to play.]
1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt;
sportive. --Broome.
A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same
ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the
snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in
one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in
Iceland -- there are none. --De Quincey.
2. Ridiculously absurd.
[PJC]
Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll;
ridiculous.
Usage: {Ludicrous}, {Laughable}, {Ridiculous}. We speak of a
thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter;
as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger;
as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled
with the merriment created. -- {Lu"di*crous*ly}, adv.
-- {Lu"di*crous*ness}, n.