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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fun·ny
(fun·ni·er ; -est) DATE 1756 1. a. affording light mirth and laughter : amusing b. seeking or intended to amuse : facetious 2. differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar — often used as a sentence modifier funny, things didn't turn out the way we planned 3. involving trickery or deception told his prisoner not to try anything funny • funny adverb
noun (plural fun·nies) DATE 1852 1. one that is funny; especially : joke 2. plural : comic strips or the comic section of a periodical — usually used with the English Etymology funny "humorous," 1756, from fun (q.v.). Meaning "strange, odd" is 1806, said to be originally U.S. Southern. The two senses of the word lead to the retort question "funny ha-ha or funny peculiar,"which is attested from 1938. Funny farm "mental hospital" is slang from 1963. Funny bone "elbow end of the humerus" is 1840; funnies "newspaper comic strips" is from 1852. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ funny funny / 5fQni / adjective(fun·nier, fun·ni·est) AMUSING 好笑 1. making you laugh; amusing 滑稽的；好笑的: a funny story 滑稽的故事 That's the funniest thing I've ever heard. 那是我听过的最滑稽可笑的事。 It's not funny! Someone could have been hurt. 这没什么好玩的！可能有人会受到伤害。 I was really embarrassed, but then I saw the funny side of it. 我确实感到尴尬,但接着我发现了事情好笑的一面。 (ironic) Oh very funny ! You expect me to believe that? 哦,真滑稽！你认为我相信那个吗？ 'What's so funny ?' she demanded. "什么事这么好笑？"她问道。 HELP Note that funny does not mean 'enjoyable': The party was great fun. The party was very funny. 注意 funny 不表示 enjoyable 的意思:The party was great fun. 不作 The party was very funny. STRANGE 奇怪 2. difficult to explain or understand 奇怪的；难以解释的；难理解的 SYN strange , peculiar :
A funny thing happened to me today. 今天我碰上了一件奇怪的事。 It's funny how things never happen the way you expect them to. 真是不懂,事情总是出人意表的。 That's funny— he was here a moment ago and now he's gone. 真怪——他刚才还在这儿,现在就没影了。 The funny thing is it never happened again after that. 奇怪的是从那以后这事再也没有发生过。 The engine's making a very funny noise. 发动机发出一种很怪的声音。 I'm pleased I didn't get that job, in a funny sort of way. 我没有得到那份工作,但我有一种说不清楚的高兴。 SUSPICIOUS / ILLEGAL 可疑；非法 3. (informal) suspicious and probably illegal or dishonest 可疑的；非法的；不诚实的: I suspect there may be something funny going on. 我怀疑可能有某种非法勾当在进行中。 If there has been any funny business, we'll soon find out. 如果有任何非法的事,我们会很快发现的。 WITHOUT RESPECT 不尊重 4. (BrE) humorous in a way that shows a lack of respect for sb 嬉皮笑脸的；放肆的 SYN cheeky :
Don't you get funny with me! 你不要对我放肆！ ILL / SICK 有病；不适 5. (informal) slightly ill / sick 小病的；微恙的；稍有不适的: I feel a bit funny today—I don't think I'll go to work. 我今天感到有点不舒服,不想上班去。 CRAZY 疯癫 6. (BrE, informal) slightly crazy; not like other people 疯疯癫癫的；不很正常的 SYN strange , peculiar :
That Dave's a funny chap, isn't he? 那个戴夫疯疯癫癫的,是不是？ She went a bit funny after her husband died. 丈夫死后她神志就有点不大正常了。 MACHINE 机器 7. (informal) not working as it should 出故障的: My computer keeps going funny. 我的计算机老出故障。 IDIOMS ▪ 7funny ha-'ha (informal) used to show that 'funny' is being used with the meaning of 'amusing' 滑稽可笑 ▪ 7funny pe'culiar (BrE) (US 7funny 'weird / 'strange) (informal) used to show that 'funny' is being used with the meaning of 'strange' 稀奇古怪 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English funny adj. 1 making you laugh VERBS be, look, seem | become, get The movie gets funnier towards the end. | find sth ADV. achingly, bloody (taboo), brilliantly, dead, extraordinarily, extremely, genuinely, hilariously, hysterically, really, riotously, terribly, uproariously, very, wickedly, wildly, wonderfully At last, a genuinely funny comedy show! His performance was hilariously funny. You should have seen it?it was terribly funny! | almost | pretty, quite | unintentionally 2 strange VERBS be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, strike sb as, taste Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there? This wine tastes funny. | find sth Don't you find it a bit funny that she never mentions her husband? ADV. extremely, really, very | a bit, a little, pretty, rather Helen gave me a rather funny look. PHRASES funny little He's a funny little man. | funny old It's a funny old world, isn't it? Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: adjective Synonyms: LAUGHABLE , comic, comical, droll, farcical, gelastic, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible Related Words: antic, bizarre, fantastic, grotesque Idioms: too funny for words Contrasted Words: doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, melancholy, plaintive Antonyms: unfunny Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: funny car , or funny farm , or funny bone , or funny book , or funny-money , or funny paperfun·ny I. \ˈfənē, -ni\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: fun (II) + -y 1. a. : affording light mirth and laughter typically by means of absurdity or oddness without much subtlety : amusing < when they laughed it was not because they thought it was funny but out of embarrassment — Barnaby Conrad > < he is the funniest writer in the world, with more kinds of fun than any other, from the broadest burlesque … to the final subtlety of the tear-stained smile — Robert Morse > b. : seeking or intended to amuse : facetious , trifling < don't take him so seriously; he was just being funny > < cut out the funny business and get to work > < a tactical mistake — to … get funny with an official — Irish Digest > 2. a. : differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : queer , odd , fishy < they'd surely think it funny if we shot up the price now — C.G.Benjamin > b. : ill < came to the doctor with the vague complaint that he felt funnyall over > < he had been a bit funny in the top story — Norman Lewis > c. : intoxicated 3. : involving trickery or deception : spurious , underhanded < warned them he would shoot if they tried any funny stuff > < fake bidding and other funny business at the auction > 4. : comic 3 < reading the funny page in a daily paper > Synonyms: see laughable II. noun (-es) Etymology: perhaps from funny (I) : a narrow clinker-built British scull with one pair of outriggers for the oarlocks III. noun (-es) Etymology: funny (I) 1. : one that is funny < cast him as one of the funnies — Robertson Davies > 2. : a comic strip or comic section of a newspaper or periodical — usually used in plural < follow their adventures in the funnies > < look at the funnies > IV. adverb : in an odd or amusing way < made them suspicious when he began acting funny > |
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