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单词 cachinnate
释义

Definition of cachinnate in English:

cachinnate

verb ˈkakɪneɪtˈkækəˌneɪt
[no object]rare
  • Laugh loudly.

    〈诗/文〉纵声大笑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So he's releasing a bevy of albums of late, and I shan't cachinnate nor chortle at this dispatch.
    • To say something does not exist simply on the grounds that you can not ‘see’ it is enough to make anyone cachinnate.
    • He squealed to no end while she cachinnated maniacally at the tribulation of the poor helpless doctor.
    • Whether or not you're a logomaniac (one obsessed with words), this esoteric collection of English words should prove entertaining; it even might make you cachinnate (laugh loudly) as you turn the pages.
    • I chuckled, guffawed, chortled and cachinnated my way through the book.

Derivatives

  • cachinnation

  • noun kakɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nˌkækəˈneɪʃ(ə)n
    rare
    • The eldest of the trio, a paunched and jowled dignitary whose beard and hair were obviously touched up in a none-too-successful effort to belie his more than three score years, glared in distaste at the scene of action unfolding while the cachinnations of the general audience grew in volume.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That at the ripe old age of a quarter-century the play still crackles with cachinnation (note the k's!) is a hopeful sign.
      • ‘Come now, be serious little boy,’ Christy simpered to me, slightly breathless after her cachinnation.
      • Even someone remarking in polite company about somebody who ‘had one of the longest beards I've ever seen’ is given a suggestive pause after longest, eliciting obscene cachinnations from the groundlings.
      • Instead, however, of their laughter lessening, the cachinnations became so violent that I began to feel seriously alarmed.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin cachinnat- 'laughed loudly', from the verb cachinnare, of imitative origin.

Rhymes

machinate

Definition of cachinnate in US English:

cachinnate

verbˈkakəˌnātˈkækəˌneɪt
[no object]rare
  • Laugh loudly.

    〈诗/文〉纵声大笑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To say something does not exist simply on the grounds that you can not ‘see’ it is enough to make anyone cachinnate.
    • I chuckled, guffawed, chortled and cachinnated my way through the book.
    • He squealed to no end while she cachinnated maniacally at the tribulation of the poor helpless doctor.
    • So he's releasing a bevy of albums of late, and I shan't cachinnate nor chortle at this dispatch.
    • Whether or not you're a logomaniac (one obsessed with words), this esoteric collection of English words should prove entertaining; it even might make you cachinnate (laugh loudly) as you turn the pages.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin cachinnat- ‘laughed loudly’, from the verb cachinnare, of imitative origin.

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