英国文豪萧伯纳说过:“幽默的字义是不能下的。”因为幽默的确有如五光十色、变化莫测的万花筒,无法用某种模式或程度加以框定。但如果从思维技巧的层面分析,构成幽默的因素似乎有一些共同的特征。下面试举几例: 巧作对比幽默思维所用的对比常表现为不对称的形式,或叫倾斜的对比。不对称产生不和谐,不和谐便是笑料的来源。马戏团丑角的穿着举止正是利用 The British writer Bernard Shaw once said: “The meaning of humor cannot be reduced.” Because humor is indeed a colorful, unpredictable kaleidoscope, it cannot be framed with a certain pattern or degree. However, if we look at the level of thinking skills, the factors that make up humor seem to have some common characteristics. Here are a few examples: The contrasts used to make contrastive humorous thinking often appear as asymmetrical forms, or as contrasts of inclination. Asymmetry creates disharmony, and dissonance is the source of jokes. The circus harlequin’s wearing behavior is exactly