The physicist's humorous analogy helped the audience grasp the complex theory of relativity.
这位物理学家的幽默类比帮助听众理解了复杂的相对论。
A tribute delivered at a coach's retirement dinner begins with a humorous anecdote about his notoriously chaotic locker-room pep talks before transitioning to a serious discussion of his decades-long impact on the athletic program.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “humorous”?
A — Funny; making you laugh. “humorous” means funny; making you laugh.
Which word means “funny; making you laugh”?
D — humorous. “humorous” means funny; making you laugh.
humorous — funny; making you laugh. In Chinese: 幽默的.
humorous is pronounced /ˈhjuːmərəs/.
The physicist's humorous analogy helped the audience grasp the complex theory of relativity. (这位物理学家的幽默类比帮助听众理解了复杂的相对论。)
funny, amusing, witty — all close in meaning to humorous (funny; making you laugh).
serious, solemn — each the opposite of humorous (funny; making you laugh).
Yes. humorous is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.