It was a comedy , full of jokes to amuse the audience .
那是一部喜剧作品,幽默滑稽,逗得观众哄堂大笑。
It was ridiculous , but those were the kind of things you did to amuse yourself .
这很可笑,但这是你娱乐自己的一种方式。
If you 're like most people , there are many simpler , cheaper ways to electronically amuse yourself .
对于大多数人来说,电子娱乐的问题可以通过更加便宜,同时也更加简单的方式解决。
Experience teaches me that whatever a fellow-guest may have of power to instruct or to amuse when he is sitting on a chair , or standing on a hearth-rug , quickly leaves him when he takes one out for a walk .
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion同义词:divert, disport
make (somebody) laugh
例句
The actors were really hamming it up to amuse the audience.这些演员为博观众一粲,表演得实在太过火了。
The boys amuse themselves by drawing caricatures of their teacher.男孩子们以画老师的漫画取乐。
详细解释
a.muse v.tr.(及物动词)a.mused,a.mus.ing,a.mus.es To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.娱乐,消遣:以愉快、欢乐或娱乐的方式占有To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure.逗乐,逗笑:通过娱乐而使大笑或微笑Archaic To delude or deceive.【古语】 哄骗,欺骗 来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old French amuser [to stupefy] 源自 古法语 amuser [使…目瞪口呆] a- [to] from Latin ad- * see ad-a- [到] 源自 拉丁语 ad- *参见 ad-muser [to stare stupidly] * see musemuser [呆呆地盯着] *参见 muse 【引伸】 amus.able adj.(形容词)amus.er n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>amuse,entertain,divert,regale同义词>These verbs refer to actions that provide pleasure, especially as a means of passing time.这些动词指可提供快乐的行为,特别是作为消遣的方式。 Amuse, the least specific, implies directing the attention away from serious matters: Amuse 意义最笼统,指把注意力从重要的事情上转移开: 例句:I amused myself with a game of solitaire.我玩单人纸牌戏使自己放松。 Entertain suggests acts undertaken to furnish amusement: Entertain 指进行某种活动增加快乐: 例句:.They [timetables and catalogs] are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written. (W. Somerset Maugham). .它们 比创作的半数小说更能使人得到娱乐. (萨默塞·毛姆)。 Divert implies distraction from worrisome thought or care: Divert 指注意力从烦人的事情上转移开: 例句:.I had neither Friends or Books to divert me. (Richard Steele). To .我既没有朋友也没有书籍让我分心. (理查德·斯提尔)。 regale is to entertain with something enormously enjoyable: regale 就是用非常有趣的事物来消遣: 例句:.He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman. (David Rosenzweig). .他喜欢讲些他当记者时认识的许多名人的故事给朋友们消遣. (大卫·罗森斯维格)