humour

humour
'hju:mə 1. noun
1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor
2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) humor
2. verb
(to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes: There is no point in telling him he is wrong - just humour him instead.) snakke noen etter munnen, føye
- humorous
- humorously
- humorousness
- -humoured
humor
I
subst. \/ˈhjuːmə\/ eller humor
1) humor, morsomheter, komikk
2) humoristisk litteratur, humoristisk film
3) lune, humør, stemning
• I'm in no humour to be contradicted
jeg er ikke i humør til å bli motsagt \/ jeg ønsker ikke å bli motsagt
4) sinnelag, temperament, lynne
5) plutselig innfall
6) nykke, pussig trekk, pussighet
7) (historisk, fysiologi, også cardinal humour)
væske, kroppsvæske
• within alternative medicine healers still ascribe diseases to the four cardinal humours
innen alternativ medisin tilskriver behandlere fremdeles sykdommer til de fire væsketypene (blod, flegma\/slim, gul galle og sort galle)
the humour of something det humoristiske ved noe, det morsomme ved noe, det lystige ved noe
• the humour of the scene
det morsomme ved opptrinnet
• the humour of the situation
det komiske ved situasjonen
humours pussigheter, pussige trekk
in (a) bad humour i dårlig humør
in (a) good humour i godt humør
be in the humour for være i humør til, være klar for, være opplagt til, være rede for
out of humour i dårlig humør utilfreds sint
put somebody out of humour sette noen i dårlig humør, få noen i dårlig humør
sense of humour humoristisk sans, sans for humor
• he has no sense of humour
han eier ikke humoristisk sans
when the humour takes one når man er i det humøret, når man er i det hjørnet
• he can be very effective when the humour takes him
han kan være veldig effektiv når han er i det hjørnet
wry humour besk humor, tørr humor
II
verb \/ˈhjuːmə\/ eller humor
1) føye
2) snakke etter munnen
humour somebody føye noen
• you should try to humour her when she is in a bad mood
du burde prøve å føye henne når hun er i dårlig humør
snakke noen etter munnen la noen få viljen sin, la noen få det som de vil
humour somebody's whims føye noen i lunene deres

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