laughingstock

/ˈla-fiŋ-ˌstäk ˈlä-/ (ame, mw)

laughingstock — noun

1. someone or something that other people laugh at and treat with no respect, usual

1.名詞C1
釋義

someone or something that other people laugh at and treat with no respect, usually because of doing something foolish in public.

例句

After tripping over the microphone cable, Chidi felt like the laughingstock of the whole conference.

the laughingstock of [group]

One bad penalty kick made the goalkeeper a laughingstock among local football fans for years.

make [someone] a laughingstock

同義詞
  • butt of jokes

    the regular target of mockery; often more personal and ongoing

  • figure of fun

    slightly gentler; the person others find amusing rather than scorn-worthy

  • joke

    informal; used when a person or thing is taken seriously by no one

反義詞
  • role model

    the opposite reaction: people look up to them, not down at them

文法句型

become a laughingstock

make a laughingstock of [someone]

用法筆記

Subject is typically a person, public figure, organization, or country whose embarrassment is visible to a wider audience; rarely used about a private mistake nobody else saw.

常見錯誤

❌He is a laughingstock person.
✅He is a laughingstock.
💡'laughingstock' is itself a noun referring to the person, so it does not modify another noun.
❌The team was laughingstock after the loss.
✅The team was the laughingstock after the loss.
💡used as a countable noun, it normally takes an article ('a' or 'the').