Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 15
Laugher (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Laugher (n.) A contest in which one side wins easily; a lopsided victory. [Informal]
Laugher (n.) A blatantly false statement, especially a self-serving one. [Slang]
Laugher (n.) A person who is laughing or who laughs easily.
Laugher (n.) An easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway].
Laughing (a. & n.) from Laugh, v. i.
Laughingly (adv.) With laughter or merriment.
Laughingly (adv.) With laughter; while laughing; "he told the story laughingly".
Laughingstock (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. --Shak.
When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughingstock of his hearers. -- Macaulay.
Laughingstock (n.) A victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge].
Laughsome (a.) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry. [R.]
Laughter (n.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i.
The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. -- Sir T. Browne.
Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter. -- Longfellow.
Laughter (n.) The sound of laughing [syn: laugh, laughter].
Laughter (n.) The activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn; "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd".
Laughter (n.) An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the animals -- these being not only inaccessible to the provocation of his example, but impregnable to the microbes having original jurisdiction in bestowal of the disease. Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation. Dr. Meir Witchell holds that the infection character of laughter is due to the instantaneous fermentation of _sputa_ diffused in a spray. From this peculiarity he names the disorder _Convulsio spargens_.
Laughterless (a.) Not laughing; without laughter.
Laughworthy (a.) Deserving to be laughed at.
Laumontite (n.) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.
Launce (n.) A lance.
Launce (n.) A balance.
Launce (n.) See Lant, the fish.
Launcegaye (n.) See Langegaye.
Launched (imp. & p. p.) of Launch
Launching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Launch
Launch (v. i.) (v. t.) 使（船）下水；發射；投擲；使升空；發動（戰爭等）；開展（鬥爭等）；發出（命令等）；提出（抗議等）(v. i.) 開始；積極投入；猛力展開 [（+into）]；（船）下水；出海；起飛 To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
Launch (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. -- Spenser.
Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. -- Pope.
Launch (v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. -- Eikon Basilike.
Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. -- Luke v. 4.
He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. -- Prior.
Launch (n.) The act of launching.
Launch (n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
Launch (n.) (Naut.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
{Launching ways}. (Naut.) See {Way}, n. (Naut.).
Launch (n.) A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
Launch (n.) The act of propelling with force [syn: {launching}, {launch}].
Launch (v.) Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: {establish}, {set up}, {found}, {launch}] [ant: {abolish}, {get rid of}].
Launch (v.) Propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship".
Launch (v.) Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship".
Launch (v.) Begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: {plunge}, {launch}].
Launch (v.) Get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: {launch}, {set in motion}].
Launch (v.) Smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster".
Launch (v.) [With object] Set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water.
‘The town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen.’
Launch (v.) [With object] Set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time with an official ceremony.
‘The ship was launched in 1843 by Prince Albert.’
Launch (v.) [With object] Send (a missile, satellite, or spacecraft) on its course.
‘They launched two Scud missiles.’
Launch (v.) [With object] [With object and adverbial of direction] Hurl (something) forcefully.
‘A chair was launched at him.’
Launch (v.) [With object] (Launch oneself) [With adverbial of direction] Make a sudden energetic movement.
‘I launched myself out of bed.’
Launch (v.) [With object] Utter (criticism or a threat) vehemently.
‘He launched a biting attack on BBC chiefs.’
Launch (v.) [With object] Start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise).
‘The government is to launch a £1.25 million publicity campaign.’
Launch (v.) [With object] Introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time.
‘Two new Ford models are to be launched in the US next year.’
Launch (n.) An act or instance of launching something.
‘The launch of a new campaign against drinking and driving’
Launch (n.) An occasion at which a new product or publication is introduced to the public.
‘A book launch.’
Launch into (Phrasal Verbs) Begin (something) energetically and enthusiastically.
‘He launched into a two-hour sales pitch.’
Launch out (Phrasal Verbs) Make a start on a new and challenging enterprise.
‘She wasn't brave enough to launch out by herself.’
Launch (n.) A large motorboat, used especially for short trips.
‘She cruised the waterways on a luxury motor launch.’
‘A police launch halted a small boat.’
Launch (n.) (Historical) The largest boat carried on an armed sailing ship.
Launch (n.) [ C ] (Event) (C1) 啓動儀式，發布會，發表會 An event to celebrate or introduce something new.
// How much champagne will we need for the launch?
// Illness prevented her attending the launch party for her latest novel.
Launch (n.) [ C ] (Leave land) (C1) 下水（船首次出航）；發射（火箭首次升空） An occasion when a ship is put into water, or a spacecraft is sent into space, for the first time.
// The launch of the space shuttle was delayed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
Launch (n.) [ C ] (Boat) （尤指河或湖上的）汽艇，遊艇，摩托艇 A boat that has an engine and carries passengers for short distances, especially on a lake or a river, or from the land to a larger boat.
Launch (v.) (Begin) (B2) [ I or T ] 啓動，推出，發起 To begin something such as a plan or introduce something new such as a product.
// The programme was launched a year ago.
// The airline will launch its new transatlantic service next month.
// A devastating attack was launched on the rebel stronghold.
// [ + adv/ prep ] (UK) After working for the company for several years she decided to launch out on her own and set up in business.
Launch (v.) (Send) (C1) [ T ] 使（新船）下水；發射（火箭） To send something out, such as a new ship into the water or a spacecraft into space.
// A spokesman for the dockyard said they hoped to launch the first submarine within two years.
// To launch a missile.
Launch yourself (Mainly UK) 猛跳，猛地一躍，猛撲 To jump with great force.
// The defender launched himself at the attacking player, bringing him to the ground.
Phrasal verb:
Launch into sth (- Phrasal verb with Launch) (v.) 發起，開始（評說、批評等） To start saying something or criticizing something with a lot of energy or anger.
// He launched into a verbal attack on her handling of the finances
Laund (n.) A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.
Launder (n.) A washerwoman.
Launder (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.
Laundered (imp. & p. p.) of Launder
Laundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Launder
Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.
Launder (v. i.) To lave; to wet.
Launderer (n.) One who follows the business of laundering.
Laundering (n.) The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
Laundress (n.) A woman whose employment is laundering.
Laundress (v. i.) To act as a laundress.
Laundries (n. pl. ) of Laundry
Laundry (n.) A laundering; a washing.
Laundry (n.) A place or room where laundering is done.
Laundry (n.) (B2) [ U ] 待洗（或正在洗滌、洗完）的衣物 The dirty clothes and sheets that need to be, are being, or have been washed.
// I've got to do (= wash) my laundry.
Laundry (n.) [ C ] 洗衣店 A business that washes clothes, sheets, etc. for customers.
Idiom:
A laundry list (Mainly US) 長篇的羅列 A long list of subjects.
// It wasn't much of a speech - just a laundry list of accusations against the government.
Laundrymen (n. pl. ) of Laundryman
Laundryman (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering.
Laura (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.
Lauraceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.
Laurate (n.) 月桂酸鹽 A salt of lauric acid.
Laureate (a.) 戴桂冠的；享有殊榮的；獲獎者的 Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
Laureate (n.) 桂冠詩人；得獎者 One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
Laureated (imp. & p. p.) of Laureate
Laureating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laureate
Laureate (v. i.) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
Laureateship (n.) 桂冠詩人的地位 State, or office, of a laureate.
Laureation (n.) 授以桂冠 [榮譽] The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
Laurel (n.) 月桂樹，榮譽 An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.
Laurel (n.) A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
Laurel (n.) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
Laurel (v. t.) (laureled, laureling or (especially British) laurelled, laurelling) 給 …… 戴桂冠；授 …… 以榮譽 To adorn or wreathe with laurel.
Laurel (v. t.) To honor with marks of distinction.
Laureled (a.) Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
Laurentian (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.
Laurer (n.) Laurel.
Laurestine (n.) The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths.
Lauric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis).
Lauriferous (a.) Producing, or bringing, laurel.
Laurin (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
Laurinol (n.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.
Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.
Laurite (n.) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.
Laurone (n.) The ketone of lauric acid.
Laurus (n.) 月桂屬 A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus {Laurus}.
Laurus (n.) Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves [syn: {Laurus}, {genus Laurus}].
Laus (a.) Loose.
Lava (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.
Lavaret (n.) A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
Lavatic (a.) Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.
Lavation (n.) A washing or cleansing.
Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
Lavatories (n. pl. ) of Lavatory
Lavatory (n.) 廁所；盥洗室；洗手間 A place for washing.
Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Lavatory (n.) A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
Lavatory (n.) A place where gold is obtained by washing.
Lavatory (n.) A room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well as one or more toilet fixtures; also called {bathroom}, {toilet}, and sometimes {commode}. Commode and toilet may refer to a room with only a toilet fixture, but without a sink.
Syn: toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.
Lavatory (n.) A room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: {toilet}, {lavatory}, {lav}, {can}, {john}, {privy}, {bathroom}].
Lavatory (n.) A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: {washbasin}, {basin}, {washbowl}, {washstand}, {lavatory}].
Lavatory (n.) A toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it [syn: {flush toilet}, {lavatory}].
Lavatory (n.) A room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets.
‘He locked himself in the downstairs lavatory.’
‘Public lavatories.’
Lavatory (n.) [British] A flush toilet.
‘She flushed the lavatory.’
‘I needed to go to the lavatory.’
Lavatory (n.) [North American] A sink or washbasin in a bathroom or toilet.
Lavature (n.) A wash or lotion. [Obs.]
Compare: Lotion
Lotion (n.) [Mass noun] [U] [C] （化妝等用的）化妝水，塗劑，護膚液；外用藥水；洗滌劑 A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal or cosmetic purposes.
‘Itching can be relieved with calamine lotion or antihistamine tablets.’
[Count noun] ‘Cleansing lotions were displayed in simple bottles.’
Laved (imp. & p. p.) of Lave
Laving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lave
Lave (v. t.) 洗；為……沐浴；（河流）沖洗 To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
His feet the foremost breakers lave. -- Byron.
Lave (v. i.) 【古】沐浴 To bathe; to wash one's self.
In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. -- Pope.
Lave (v. t.) To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Lave (n.) The remainder; others. [Scot.] -- Bp. Hall.
Lave (v.) Wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: {lave}, {lap}, {wash}].
Lave (v.) Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: {wash}, {lave}].
Lave (v.) Wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom" [syn: {wash up}, {lave}].
Lave (v.) [With object] (Liteary) Wash.
‘She ran cold water in the basin, laving her face and hands.’
‘The sea below laved the shore with small, agitated waves.’
Compare: Agitated
Agitated (a.) 激動的；agitate的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.
‘There's no point getting agitated.’
‘She was red and agitated with the effort of arguing.’
Lave-eared (a.) Having large, pendent ears.
Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.
Lavement (n.) 洗滌；【醫】灌腸 A washing or bathing; also, a clyster; also, an enema.
Compare: Clyster
Clyster (n.) (Archaic) (n.)【醫】灌腸劑；灌腸法 (v. t.) 給……灌腸Term for Enema.
Compare: Enema
Enema (n.) 【醫】灌腸；灌腸劑（器） A procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, to expel its contents or to introduce drugs or permit X-ray imaging.
Compare: Rectum
Rectum (n.) 【解】直腸 The final section of the large intestine, terminating at the anus.
Compare: Anus
Anus (n.) (Anatomy) (Zoology) 【解】肛門 The opening at the end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste matter leaves the body.
Compare: Alimentary canal
Alimentary canal (n. ph.) 【解】消化道The whole passage along which food passes through the body from mouth to anus during digestion.
Compare: Alimentary
Alimentary (a.) 營養的；給予扶助的，供養的Relating to nourishment or sustenance.
Lavender (n.) (Bot.) (n.) [U]【植】薰衣草；乾薰衣草的花（或葉、莖）；淡紫色 An aromatic plant of the genus {Lavandula} ({Lavandula vera}), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The {Spike lavender} ({Lavandula Spica}) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.
Lavender (n.) The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
{Lavender cotton} (Bot.), A low, twiggy, aromatic shrub ({Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus}) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called {ground cypress}.
{Lavender water}, A perfume, toilet water, or shaving lotion containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes the essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.
{Sea lavender}. (Bot.) See {Marsh rosemary}.
{To lay in lavender}. To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender.
{To lay in lavender}. To pawn. [Obs.]
Lavender (a.) 淡紫色的 Of a pale purple color [syn: {lavender}, {lilac}, {lilac- colored}].
Lavender (n.) Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated.
Lavender (n.) A pale purple color.
Lavender (n.) [Mass noun] A small aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and bluish-purple flowers, used in perfumery and medicine.
Genus Lavandula, family Labiatae
Lavender (n.) [Mass noun] A scented oil distilled from lavender flowers.
‘Lavender, like most essential oils, is kind to sore or infected skin.’
[As modifier] ‘A cake of lavender soap.’
Lavender (n.) [Mass noun] Used in names of plants similar to lavender, e.g. cotton lavender, sea lavender.
Lavender (n.) [Mass noun] [Informal] Used in reference to effeminacy or homosexuality.
‘Rick is so hard-boiled that any touch of lavender is wiped away.’
Lavender (n.) [Mass noun] [Dated] Used in reference to refinement or gentility.
[As modifier] ‘She had a certain lavender charm.’
Lavender (n.) [Mass noun] A pale blue colour with a trace of mauve.
‘Romantic designs in old-fashioned tones of primrose, lavender, and rose.’
[As modifier] ‘She wore a lavender silk dress.’
Lavender (v.) [With object] 用薰衣草薰 Perfume with lavender.
‘Lavendered sheets.’
Laver (n.) 【古】洗滌盆 A vessel for washing; a large basin.
Laver (n.) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
Laver (n.) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
Laver (n.) That which washes or cleanses.
Laver (n.) One who laves; a washer.
Laver (n.) 【植】紫菜（食用） The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.
Laverock (n.) The lark.
Lavic (a.) See Lavatic.
Lavish (a.) 非常慷慨的；浪費的，濫花的 [（+of/with）]；極其豐富的；大量的；無節制的 Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
Lavish (a.) Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
Lavished (imp. & p. p.) of Lavish
Lavishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lavish
Lavish (v. t.) 揮霍，浪費；濫施 [（+on）] To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
Lavish (a.) Very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: {lavish}, {munificent}, {overgenerous}, {too-generous}, {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}].
Lavish (a.) Characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: {lavish}, {lucullan}, {lush}, {plush}, {plushy}].
Lavish (v.) Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: {lavish}, {shower}].