Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
— Robert Benchley
· Humor
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n. 消遣，娛樂;
?? pas=pass度過+time時間 → 消遣
"Playing chess is his favourite pastime."
下棋是他最喜愛的消遣.
近義：hobby, avocation, recreation, entertainment, amusement, game
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
humor
['hju:m?]
n. 幽默，心情，詼諧;
vt. 迎合，牽就，順應;
?? 后綴:or 表示物 英文譯成中文：humor（幽默），coffee（咖啡），tank（坦克），sofa（沙發）
"Humor is laughing at what you have not got when you ought to have it."
能對應有而沒有的東西一笑置之是謂幽默。
近義：humour, oblige, please, satisfy, suit, tickle
反義：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness
humorless
[['hju:melis]]
a. 缺乏幽默感的, 非常嚴肅的, 一本正經的
近義：humourless, serious, unsmiling, grave
反義：jocular, pleasant, pleasurable, recreative, waggish, winsome