Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
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n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
modicum
['mɑdɪkəm]
n. 少量，一点点;
"If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn't do such a foolish thing."
要是他稍有一点理智, 他决不会做出如此愚蠢的事来.
近义：hoot, jot, minim, mite, shade, smidgen
n. 笑话，玩笑;笑柄，笑料;
vt.& vi. 开玩笑;戏弄;闹着玩;说着玩;
💡 美人鱼 j和很棒(ok)的鹅(e)开 玩笑
"They all doubled up when I told my joke."
当我讲笑话时,他们都笑得直不起身子来.
近义：jest, kid, banter, rib, tease, chaff
反义：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness
n. 父亲;祖先;（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父;天父;
vt. 成为父亲;创立（新思想）;创造;发明（新方法）;
💡 她的（her） 父亲很胖（fat） 网友：ＢＯＢ 补充：分解：胖胖的（fat）坐在椅子（h象形）上的那个人（er表示人）是我的父亲
"his father's agonizing death"
他父亲极度痛苦的死
近义：reproduce, breed, adopt, ingenerate, sire, beget
反义：boy, child, descendant
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