Homeric laughter

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing. uncountable
    — The words were scarcely out of her mouth, when they were greeted with a roar of Homeric laughter that literally shook the room, and this time not at the expense of the innocent speaker.

词源

With reference to the "unquenchable laughter" (ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unceasing”) γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”)) of the gods in e.g. Iliad I. 599, Odyssey XX. 346.
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