laughter是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 笑, 笑声,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She could see the brown and black heads of the young lads darting about right and left, their white shirt-sleeves gleaming in the sun; whilst occasionally a shout and a peal of hearty laughter varied the stillness of the evening air.
-- "A sort of Alonzo the Brave; and when I go in the guests will sit in silence and fear, and all laughter and pleasure will be hushed, and the lights in the chamber burn blue, and the worms Ugh, horrible! Ring for some more brandy, Pennyways, I felt an awful shudder just then!Well, what is there besides?
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The eight responses came like a rolling fire from every part of the room, and the laughter that followed was the more uproarious because poor Father Goriot stared at the others with a puzzled look, like a foreigner trying to catch the meaning of words in a language which he does not understand.
-- Stifled laughter from the ante- chamber added to his confusion.
-- As Eugene stepped out of the cab, he heard smothered laughter from the peristyle.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Were we among the tamer scenes of nature I might fear to encounter your unbelief, perhaps your ridicule; but many things will ap-pear possible in these wild and mysterious regions which would provoke the laughter of those unacquainted with the ever-varied powers of nature; nor can I doubt but that my tale conveys in its series internal evidence of the truth of the events of which it is composed.'
-- Clerval at first attributed my unusual spirits to joy 63on his arrival, but when he observed me more attentively, he saw a wildness in my eyes for which he could not account, and my loud, unrestrained, heartless laughter frightened and astonished him.
-- The laughter died away, when a well-known and abhorred voice, apparently close to my ear, addressed me in an audible whisper, 'I am satis-fied, miserable wretch!You have determined to live, and I am satisfied.'
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- To the ears of the three on the porch came the sounds of hooves, the jingling of harness chains and the shrillcareless laughter of negro voices, as the field hands and mules came in from the fields.
-- Their clever remarks sent her into merry peals of laughter and,inspired by the thought that she considered them a remarkable pair, they fairly outdid themselves.
-- The laughter and talking rose and fell in the dark night air, pleasant,homely, carefree sounds, gutturally soft, musically shrill.
-- The houseseemed bursting with the crowd, and a ceaseless babble of talking and laughter and giggles and shrill feminine squeaksand screams rose and fell.
-- Thebarbecue had reached its peak and the warm air was full of laughter and talk, the click of silver on porcelain and therich heavy smells of roasting meats and redolent gravies.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- And I grieve to add that peals of laughter greeted Mr. Wopsle on every one of these occasions.
-- She laughed again, and even now when she had told me why, her laughter was very singular to me, for I could not doubt its being genuine, and yet it seemed too much for the occasion.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- His majesty gave orders, upon pain of death, that every soldier in his march should observe the strictest decency with re-gard to my person; which however could not prevent some of the younger officers from turning up their eyes as they passed under me: and, to confess the truth, my breeches were at that time in so ill a condition, that they afforded some opportunities for laughter and admiration.
-- When I had ended, and the sum of my discourse had been interpreted, as before, to the rest of the company, there was a good deal of talk among them in the language of the country, not without some laughter at my expense.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- There would have been great laughter at the Institution, had the mistake happened there.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Then would the noble or right honourable Barnacle perceive, sir, from this little document, which he thought might carry conviction even to the perversest mind (Derisive laughter and cheering from the Barnacle fry), that within the short compass of the last financial half-year, this much-maligned Department (Cheers) had written and received fifteen thousand letters (Loud cheers), had written twenty-four thousand minutes (Louder cheers), and thirty-two thousand five hundred and seventeen memoranda (Vehement cheering).
-- Mr Pancks deemed it prudent to use all possible despatch in making off, though he was pursued by nothing but the sound of laughter in Bleeding Heart Yard, rippling through the air and making it ring again.
-- This, Tattycoram put on the ground at her old master's feet: this, Tattycoram fell on her knees by, and beat her hands upon, crying half in exultation and half in despair, half in laughter and half in tears, 'Pardon, dear Master; take me back, dear Mistress; here it is!'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- And having pulled the boy's hair by way of a caress, Mr. Laurence walked on, while Laurie went through a series of comic evolutions behind their backs, which nearly produced an explosion of laughter from Jo.
-- Next our peaceful Tupman comes, So rosy, plump, and sweet, Who chokes with laughter at the puns, And tumbles off his seat.
-- Sunshine and laughter were good omens for a pleasure party, and soon a lively bustle began in both houses.
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