hysterically
adverb uk/hɪˈster.ɪ.kəl.i/ us/hɪˈster.ɪ.kəl.i/
歇斯底里地,情绪过分激动地
without being able to control your feelings or behaviour because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc.
She started laughing/crying hysterically. 她歇斯底里地笑起来/哭起来。
He had become hysterically volatile, laughing one moment and crying the next. 他变得歇斯底里、反复无常,一会儿笑一会儿哭。
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- "You can't touch me," she said, almost hysterically.
- One little boy cried hysterically, refusing to let his mother leave.
- She leapt at him hysterically, tearing at his face.
hysterically funny 极为滑稽地
extremely funny
He's one of the most hysterically funny people I've ever met. 他是我见过的最为滑稽的人之一。
The book is both hysterically funny and poignantly sad. 这本书既极为滑稽,又有着深为动人的悲伤。
Her impressions of the teachers were hysterically funny.
I'd forgotten how hysterically funny her brother was.
They seemed to find our discomfort hysterically funny.
See: hysterical