初三年级英语相近词汇解析：laugh，laughter思维导图

(一)laugh可以用作动词和名词;laughter只能用作名词。

(二)用作名词时，laugh是可数名词，可以用a修饰，也可以有复数形式;laughter是不可数名词，不能用a修饰，也没有复数形式。

(三)laugh是通过转词法(conversion)由动词to laugh转变而来;laughter是通过词缀法(affixation)由动词to laugh派生而来。

(四)laugh的词义比较具体，指某一次或某一个具体的行动;laughter的词义比较一般，通常只表达抽象的概念。

He laughed a loud laugh.

他大笑一声。

We laughed at the enemies for their timidity and incapacity.

我们嘲笑敌人的胆怯和无能。

They have had a good many laughs over his foolishness.

他们曾多次嘲笑他愚蠢。

His jokes sent everybody roaring with laughter.

他的笑话使每个人捧腹大笑。

As they listened to my story，they gave a laugh from time to time;

The library loans out many books a day.

I lent him my tuxedo.(英式英语)

I loaned him my dinner coat.(美式英语)

注：tuxedo等于dinner coat。前者是British English;后者是 American English。

Loan 除了"出借"之意外，尚可表示"公债"、"借款"等义。如：public loan是"公债"，foreign loan 是"外债"。