n(1)幽默，诙谐(quality of causing amusement)[U]：a story/book full of～充满幽默的故事/书;appreciate/see the～of a remark/in the situation欣赏这句话的幽默/看到这种情形中的幽默;a play with no～in it一出没有幽默的剧;American～美国人的诙谐;

(2)幽默感(ability to amuse people or to be easily amused by people)[U]：have a wonderful sense of～很富幽默感;have a kind of heavy～有某种沉闷的幽默感;lack～缺乏幽默感;

(3)情绪，心情(state of mind;mood)[U，a～](fml)：be in a good/bad～ 心情好/不佳;an excellent～ 心情极好;be in no～情绪极糟;out of～心情不好;(work) proceed with good～(工作)随着愉快的心情进展;What she said put me into a good～. 她的一番话使我的心情好起来。do sth when the～takes one有兴致时做某事;a girl of sullen～一位闷闷不乐的姑娘;

→′humourless adj缺乏幽默感的;

vt 迎合，迁就(keep sb happy，calm，etc by agreeing with her/him，doing what he/she wants，etc (even though it may be stupid，seem unnecessary，etc))[T+n]：～the boy's whims/the boy's fantasies纵容这个孩子的心血来潮/幻想;～sb by giving in to sb/agreeing one was wrong向某人让步/承认自己错了以便迎合某人;

【辨异】humour与wit是两个语义有差别的字，但都可指觉察和表达机智或幽默感的能力。humor主要表达人的性格中表现出来的独特性。该词经常被用来指在人的本性或行为中表现出的荒唐可笑，一般认为要比wit更亲切，如：a genial and mellow type of humor(一种友好、令人欢乐的幽默);wit表示聪明、理解能力快，较humour更富于理智(intellectual)的成分，如：his biting wit(他那嘲讽的才智)。