西文humour（源于拉丁语humor），音意合译为汉语中的“幽默”。作为审美范畴之一，幽默“通常被认为是滑稽的诸形态中具有最高审美价值的范畴”（［日］竹内敏雄主编《美学百科辞典》）。它往往借助比喻、夸张、影射、曲解、引伸、象征、寓意、双关等手法，从凝炼含蓄、机智风 Western humor (from Latin humor), tone meaning translated into Chinese “humor.” As one of the aesthetic categories, humor “is generally considered to be the category with the highest aesthetic value among the various forms of comic” ([Japanese] Takenobu Minako ed., “Aesthetic Encyclopedia”). It is often by means of metaphor, exaggeration, reflection, misinterpretation, extension, symbol, meaning, pun and other techniques, from the subtle, witty wind