laughing stock
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈlɑː.fɪŋ ˌstɒk]
- 美式音标 [ˈlæf.ɪŋ ˌstɑːk]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 笑柄
英汉例句
- In other respects, FIFA is a laughing stock, or worse.
在其他方面，国际足联就是个笑柄。 - But he also admitted it had made him a laughing stock as people drew comparisons with him and Mr Plod from cartoon series Noddy from Toytown.
但他也承认，他也因此成了人们的笑柄，他被人们比作动画片《诺弟来啦》里面的普拉先生。 - A decade later they were a global laughing stock, riddled with the bad debts that helped to cripple Japan's economy and run by managers famed as world-class procrastinators.
十几年后，日本银行拥有使日本经济受到重创的大量坏账和反应迟钝的管理者，这让日本银行成为了全球的笑柄。 - My answer: Well, let me tell you, last year Yahoo was a Silicon Valley laughing stock.
FORBES: An Open Letter To The Marissa Mayer Haters - Besides murdering and impoverishing his people, Amin also made his country a laughing stock.
ECONOMIST: Memories of Uganda's late despot are surprisingly short
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- laughing g stock 笑柄
- laughing -stock 笑柄
- a laughing -stock down the centuries 遗笑千古
- make a laughing -stock of oneself 叫人笑掉大牙
- Past my laughing stock 不理我的笑柄
短语
英英字典
- someone or something that seems stupid or silly, especially by trying to be serious or important and not succeeding
- If you say that a person or an organization has become a laughing stock, you mean that they are supposed to be important or serious but have been made to seem ridiculous.