Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
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n. 消遣，娱乐;
💡 pas=pass度过+time时间 → 消遣
"Playing chess is his favourite pastime."
下棋是他最喜爱的消遣.
近义：hobby, avocation, recreation, entertainment, amusement, game
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
humor
['hju:mə]
n. 幽默，心情，诙谐;
vt. 迎合，牵就，顺应;
💡 后缀:or 表示物 英文译成中文：humor（幽默），coffee（咖啡），tank（坦克），sofa（沙发）
"Humor is laughing at what you have not got when you ought to have it."
能对应有而没有的东西一笑置之是谓幽默。
近义：humour, oblige, please, satisfy, suit, tickle
反义：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness
humorless
[['hju:melis]]
a. 缺乏幽默感的, 非常严肃的, 一本正经的
近义：humourless, serious, unsmiling, grave
反义：jocular, pleasant, pleasurable, recreative, waggish, winsome