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joke

美音:[dʒəuk ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.笑话,玩笑 v.(和...)开玩笑

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副词:jokingly 动词过去式:joked 过去分词:joked 现在分词:joking 第三人称单数:jokes

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banter  jest  quip  tease    

joke


/dʒəʊk; dʒok/
n
1 thing said (eg a story with a funny ending) or done to cause amusement, laughter, etc 笑话; 玩笑
*tell (sb) a joke 给(某人)讲笑话
* cracking jokes with one's friends 跟朋友说笑话.
2 [sing] ridiculous person, thing or situation 可笑的人、事物、情形
*His attempts at cooking are a complete joke. 他总也做不好饭, 这事成了个笑话.
3 (idm 习语) be no `joke; be/get beyond a `joke be/become a serious matter 不是闹着玩儿的事; 是[变成]正经的事
*Trying to find a job these days is no joke, I can tell you. 我实话告诉你, 现在想找工作可不易.
* All your teasing of poor Michael is getting beyond a joke. 你拿可怜的迈克尔打趣可要出圈儿了. have a joke with sb share the pleasure of laughing at sth with sb 与某人一起以某事取笑
*He's someone I have an occasional chat and joke with. 我偶然跟他闲聊, 一起说笑话. the joke's on sb (infml 口) sb who tried to make another person look foolish now looks ridiculous instead 原想耍弄别人, 自己反倒成为笑料. make a joke about/of sb/sth speak lightly or amusingly about sb/sth 拿某人[某事]开玩笑. play a joke/prank/trick on sb trick sb, in order to make him appear ridiculous 戏弄某人. see the `joke understand why sth said or done is amusing 理解其中的可笑之处
*I'm sorry but I can't see the joke. 很抱歉, 我看不出来有什么可笑的. take a `joke accept playful remarks or tricks with good humour 经得起玩笑话
*Can't you take a joke? 跟你开个玩笑你都受不了吗?

v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sb) (about sth) tell jokes (to sb) (about sth); talk in a light-hearted, frivolous way (以某事)(与某人)开玩笑; 说笑话儿
*I was only joking. 我不过是说着玩儿的.
* For Pat to lose his job is nothing to joke about, ie is a serious matter. 对帕特来说失业可不是闹着玩儿的.
2 (idm 习语) joking a`part speaking seriously 严肃地说; 认真地说
*Joking apart, you ought to smoke fewer cigarettes, you know. 说正经的, 你应该少吸点儿烟了, 知道吗? you must be/have got to be `joking (used to express mocking disbelief 用以嘲笑不可信的事)
*`Jackie's passed her driving test.' `You must be joking she can't even steer straight!' `杰基的驾驶测验及格了.'`你一定是开玩笑--她连方向盘还握不正呢!'
1. Being a foreigner , Carl did not catch on to the joke.
    卡尔是个外国人,不能了解这笑话的含意。

2. But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars,
    如果这个世界不只是一个拙劣的恶作剧,如果人生不只是群星寒光中平凡的一闪,

3. Britain won't improve its system until after the year 2000, spurring Mitterrand to joke that passengers will have " plenty of time for sightseeing ".
    不到2000年,英国不会改善它的铁路系统,这使密特朗不由地开起了玩笑,说乘客会有 "足够的时间一饱眼福"。

4. Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
    我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑,很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。

5. The three-dimensional model for Barbie was a German doll — a joke gift for adults described as having the appearance of "a woman who sold sex".
    芭比娃娃的三维模特是一个德国洋娃娃,一个哄成年人开心的礼物,被描绘成具有"风尘女子"的模样。

6. The mechanic couldn't resist a parting joke:
    "分手时,机械师还禁不住开了个玩笑:

7. They thought he was smuggling (走私) nothing, and just playing a joke on them.
    他并没走私,只是跟他们开个玩笑而已。

8. Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist.
    哈里曾认为走进一家名贵化妆品商店,荒唐地提出要买一种根本不存在的商品是件开心的事儿。

9. A good joke does not necessarily evoke a hearty laugh.
    一个好的笑话并不总能让人们会心的大笑。

10. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
    譬如,法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。

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