funnies

noun

1. （报章的）滑稽连环漫画，漫画版
   the part of a newspaper where there are several comic strips (= series of drawings that tell a funny story)

1. ADJ-GRADED 有趣的;好笑的;滑稽的
   Someone or something that is funny is amusing and likely to make you smile or laugh.
   1. Wade was smart and not bad-looking, and he could be funny when he wanted to...
      韦德脑子聪明，相貌也不难看，而且如果他愿意的话还很风趣。
   2. I'll tell you a funny story.
      我来给你讲一个有趣的故事。
2. ADJ-GRADED 古怪的;奇怪的;令人困惑的
   If you describe something as funny, you think it is strange, surprising, or puzzling.
   1. Children get some very funny ideas sometimes!...
      小孩子的想法有时候真是稀奇古怪！
   2. There's something funny about him...
      他有点儿古怪。
   3. It's funny how love can come and go.
      爱情来了又走真让人困惑。
3. ADJ-GRADED 略感不适的
   If you feel funny, you feel slightly ill.
   1. My head had begun to ache and my stomach felt funny.
      我的头开始疼起来，胃也有些不舒服。
4. (报刊上的)幽默漫画,滑稽连环漫画
   The funnies are humorous drawings or a series of humorous drawings in a newspaper or magazine.
5. PHRASE 不端行为;见不得人的勾当
   Funny business is dishonest or unacceptable behaviour.
   1. ...an inquiry into funny business in Ireland's biggest export industry.
      对爱尔兰最大的出口行业违规行为的调查

1. I usually read the funnies to my niece on sunday.
   我一般周日都要给我的侄女讲故事。
2. The ritual reading of the Sunday newspaper, now two of them, can take all morning, still beginning with the funnies.
   礼拜天早上要读两份周日新闻报，得花去一个早上的时间，依旧还是先从笑话开始读。
3. I take them for walks, read them the funnies.
   带他们散步，讲笑话给他们听。
4. I want to get home and read the funnies, I bet you wouldn't stay either if Dick wasn't in the choir.
   我要回家去看连环画呢。我相信狄克若不在唱诗班，你也不会待在这儿的。
5. Starting today I refuse to read the funnies till I hear from you. ( I was going to hold my breath, but changed my mind.)
   从今天开始，我拒绝读任何笑话，直到收到你的信为止。我本打算不再呼吸，但还是改变了主意。
6. The funnies anime ever, and it also has a good plot and fighting.
   超级搞笑，而且故事情节以及打斗都很不错。
7. Apart from investment banking, a corporate unit boosted by trading funnies and a bounce in markets that flattered asset management, pre-provision profits fell in every other division compared with last quarter.
   与上季度相比，除了投资银行业务、交易收入大增带动的公司业务、市场反弹提振的资产管理业务之外，其它所有部门的拨备前利润均出现下滑。
8. Marian's brother-in-law read the English page, as dedicated as a nice little boy reading the funnies.
   玛丽安的妹夫在读报纸的英文专页，就像听话的小男孩在看滑稽连环画时那么专注。

noun

1. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

   Synonym:    comic stripcartoon stripstrip