comic

US: /ˈkɑmɪk/

UK: /kˈɒmɪk/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

comic /'kɔmik/
  • tính từ
    • hài hước, khôi hài
      • a comic song: bài hát hài hước
      • comic strip: trang tranh chuyện vui (ở báo)
    • (thuộc) kịch vui
      • a comic writer: nhà soạn kịch vui
  • danh từ
    • (thông tục) diễn viên kịch vui
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), ((thường) số nhiều) trang tranh chuyện vui (ở báo)
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) báo tranh chuyện vui

Advanced English dictionary

adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 amusing and making you laugh: a comic monologue / story + The play is both comic and tragic. + She can always be relied on to provide comic relief (= sth to make you relax and laugh) at a boring party. + He wore a red nose and novelty glasses for comic effect.
2 [only before noun] connected with COMEDY (= entertainment that is funny and that makes people laugh): a comic opera + a very fine comic actor + Woody Allen is a comic genius.
+ noun
1 an entertainer who makes people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories
Synonym: COMEDIAN
2 (AmE also comic book) a magazine, especially for children, that tells stories through pictures
3 (the comics) [pl.] (AmE) the section of a newspaper that contains COMIC STRIPS

Thesaurus dictionary

adj.
1 funny, droll, comical, humorous, hilarious, side-splitting, mirthful, jocose, jocular, witty, waggish, clever, facetious, amusing:
Barry's comic routines have made him a popular performer for years.
n.
2 See comedian.
command
v.
1 order, direct, bid, enjoin, charge, request, require, demand, instruct; say, prescribe, decree:
What the Queen commands must be done.
2 control, dominate, have or maintain or wield authority or control or sway or influence over, hold sway over; lead, rule, govern, have under one's thumb, call the tune; head (up):
Whoever commands the sea commands the town. He commanded a battalion during the war.
3 master, draw upon or on, control, summon:
The work required all the skill the sculptor could command.
4 attract, earn; exact, compel, demand:
Gunga Din's bravery commanded the respect of the entire regiment.
5 dominate, control, overlook, look down on; have, enjoy, possess:
The tower commands a view of the entire valley.
n.
6 order, direction, behest, mandate, charge, bidding, instruction:
Your wish is my command.
7 control, authority, power, sovereignty, dominion, regulation, direction, management, government, oversight, leadership, charge, sway, stewardship, jurisdiction:
The unit is under the command of the colonel.
8 mastery, control, (thorough) grasp or knowledge:
He has a good command of three languages.

Collocation

VERBS

be

ADV.

richly, truly, wonderfully
Many of the scenes in the book are richly comic.
| almost | faintly, mildly, slightly | blackly, grotesquely
a blackly comic futuristic fantasy


Concise dictionary

comics|comic strip'kɒmɪk
noun
+a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
adj.
+arousing or provoking laughter
+of or relating to or characteristic of comedy

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