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humorist

/hyoo-mer-ist or, often, yoo-/US // ˈhyu mər ɪst or, often, ˈyu- //UK // (ˈhjuːmərɪst) //

幽默人士,幽默大师,幽默家,幽默者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
    • : a person with an active sense of humor.

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Examples

  • The same could be said for the wits and humorists that preceded him, such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Ring Lardner.

  • More than a century ago, the humorist Finley Peter Dunne quipped sarcastically that the “Supreme Court follows the election returns.”

  • The legendary libertarian humorist is joining The Daily Beast as a weekly columnist.

  • The Pulitzer Prize–winning humorist agreed to cover the London Olympics and the two political conventions.

  • David Rakoff, 47 (Nov. 27, 1964, to Aug. 9, 2012) The humorist and journalist died in New York after a long battle with cancer.

  • Just as a humorist in general, as an author, I was a huge fan.

  • The famed writer, filmmaker, and humorist Nora Ephron died on June 26 at the age of 71 from leukemia.

  • The humorist and satirist lost no opportunity of deriding the new fashion and its followers.

  • Then a humorist told some of his own funny stories and an elocutionist recited a bit from Shakespeare effectively.

  • "He is the great unconscious humorist of modern art, also a great etcher," said Isabel, dryly.

  • We possessed about sixty drawings, sketches, aquarelles of this humorist, and we gave some of them to the poet.

  • The air was dark with flying cushions, and darker still, occasionally, when the usual humorist turned the gas out.