• 词性及解释
  n.
  笑柄
• 例句
  His mistakes have made him a laughing stock.
  他的种种错误让他成了大家的笑柄。
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谈到“笑柄”，您可能会立马想到“butt”或“butt of the joke”。不过，在“阅读理解”中若碰到“laughing stock”，千万别蒙头！它也表示“笑柄”。

“Laughing stock”最早可追溯到16世纪，“stock”在此表示刑具——用来夹双踝或双腕的两块木板（有点类似于“颈手枷”）。正是基于“受刑者遭嘲笑”这一本意，现代意义上的“laughing stock”指的是“受嘲笑的人或事”，也就是“笑柄”了。