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    joke 的英语意思

    jokejoke1 /dʒəʊk $ dʒoʊk/ noun [countable] 查看全部语言翻译1something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick为使人发笑而说的话或做的事,尤指有趣的故事或恶作剧joke about a joke about absent-minded professors关于心不在焉的教授的笑话 I couldn’t go out with someone for a joke, could you?我不能为了开玩笑就跟某人交往,你能吗?2be a joke informal非正式 to be completely useless, stupid, or unreasonable完全无用、愚蠢或荒谬可笑:  The whole meeting was a joke.整场会议简直是一场闹剧。3go/get/be beyond a joke a situation that has got beyond a joke has become serious and worrying形容某种局面已超出玩笑范畴,变得严肃令人忧虑:  This rain’s getting beyond a joke – let’s go inside.这雨已经不是开玩笑了——我们进去吧。4something is no joke used to emphasize that a situation is serious or that someone really means what they say用于强调某种情况是严肃的,或某人确实是认真的:  The risk he’s taking is no joke.他所承担的风险可不是儿戏。 It’s no joke bringing up a child on your own.独自抚养一个孩子可不是轻松的事。5somebody can take a joke used to say that someone is able to laugh at jokes about themselves用于表示某人能够笑着接受别人拿自己开的玩笑:  Your problem is you just can’t take a joke.你的问题就是根本开不起玩笑。6make a joke (out) of something to treat something serious as if it was intended to be funny把严肃的事当成笑话来对待:  He could not bring himself to apologise. Instead, he tried to make a joke of it.他无法让自己开口道歉,于是试图把这件事当成笑话一笑而过。7somebody’s idea of a joke spoken口语 a situation that someone else thinks is funny but you do not别人觉得好笑但你并不觉得的情况:  Look, if this is your idea of a joke, I don’t find it at all funny.听着,如果这就是你认为的玩笑,我一点都不觉得好笑。8the joke’s on somebody used to say that something has happened to make someone seem stupid, especially when they were trying to make other people seem stupid用于表示某事发生后使某人显得愚蠢,尤其是当他原本想让别人出丑时 in-joke, practical joke, → standing joke at standing1(3)COLLOCATIONS词语搭配verbs动词tell a joke (=repeat a funny story)· He was always telling jokes and making people laugh.· 他总是爱讲笑话,逗人发笑。make a joke (also crack a joke) (=say something intended to be funny)· He was cracking jokes and seemed relaxed and happy.· 他不断地讲笑话,看起来轻松愉快。get a joke (=understand a joke and find it funny)· She never gets my jokes.· 她从来不懂我的笑话。laugh at somebody’s jokes· A few people laughed at his jokes, but some didn’t find them funny.· 有几个人被他的笑话逗笑了,但也有人觉得不好笑。play a joke on somebody (=trick someone to make people laugh)· John’s always playing jokes on his brothers.· 约翰总是爱捉弄他的兄弟们。adjectives形容词a good/funny joke· I heard a really good joke the other day.· 我前几天听到了一个非常好笑的笑话。a bad/terrible joke (=not funny)· Dad was known for his bad jokes.· 爸爸以讲冷笑话著称。a cruel/sick joke (=very unkind)· When I heard he had cancer, at first I thought it was some kind of sick joke.· 听说他得了癌症时,我起初以为那是某种恶意玩笑。an old joke· It reminded me of the old joke about the chicken crossing the road.· 这让我想起了那个关于鸡过马路的老笑话。a dirty joke (=about sex)· A bunch of boys were telling dirty jokes.· 一群男孩在讲黄色笑话。a practical joke (=that involves tricking someone)· What the workers think is a practical joke, management might regard as sabotage.· 工人们认为是恶作剧的事,管理层可能视为蓄意破坏。an inside/a private joke (=that only a few people who are involved in something will understand)· After I’d worked there a while, I started to understand some of the inside jokes.· 在那里工作了一段时间后,我开始能听懂一些内部笑话了。a running joke (=in which people always laugh when the same situation happens, or when someone says something)· It’s a running joke in our house that my husband can never find his keys.· 我丈夫永远找不到钥匙,这已经成了我们家的固定笑话。phrases短语a joke falls flat (=people don’t find a joke funny)· His practical jokes usually fell flat.· 他的恶作剧通常都不奏效。be the butt of a joke (=be the person a joke is made about, so that people laugh at you)· Somehow he’d become the butt of all his classmates’ jokes.· 不知怎的,他成了同班同学所有笑话的笑柄。COMMON ERRORS常见错误Don’t say ‘say a joke’. Say tell a joke.THESAURUS同义词辨析joke a funny story that you tell people to make them laugh讲给别人听、令人发笑的有趣故事: · We all sat around telling jokes.· 我们大家围坐在一起讲笑话。· Have you heard the joke about the man who found a frog in his soup?· 你听过那个男人在汤里发现青蛙的笑话吗?funny story a short story that someone tells to make people laugh某人为逗人发笑而讲的简短故事: · He was one of those guys who are good at telling funny stories at dinner parties.· 他是那种擅长在晚宴上讲有趣故事的人。gag a short joke, especially one told by a professional entertainer简短的笑话,尤指职业表演者讲的段子: · He’s a great comedian, with plenty of good gags.· 他是个出色的喜剧演员,有很多好笑的段子。one-liner a very short joke or funny remark极简短的笑话或幽默的话: · There are some memorable one-liners in the film.· 这部电影里有些令人印象深刻的精彩单句笑话。wisecrack a funny remark or reply, especially one that is said in a very quick and clever way幽默的话语或回应,尤指反应极快且机智的妙语: · It’s a comic masterpiece, packed with classic wisecracks.· 这是一部喜剧杰作,充满经典俏皮话。pun (also play on words) a joke made by mixing up two different meanings of the same word, or two words with the same sound利用同一词的两种不同含义或两个同音词构成的双关笑话: · a pun on the words ‘bear’ and ‘bare’· 利用"bear"和"bare"两词的双关语· The title of the book is a witty play on words.· 这本书的书名是一个机智的文字游戏。· Shakespeare used a lot of puns for comic effect.· 莎士比亚大量使用双关语来制造喜剧效果。quip written书面 something funny and clever that someone says某人说出的幽默而机智的话: · He made some friendly quip about hair loss, and everyone laughed.· 他开了个关于脱发的友好玩笑,大家都笑了。
    jokejoke2 verb [intransitive] 1to say things that are intended to be funny and that you do not really mean说些旨在逗人发笑、并非出自真心的话;开玩笑joke about I never joke about money.我从不拿钱财开玩笑。joke with As we left the hospital, he joked with the staff.我们离开医院时,他和员工们开起了玩笑。joke that His father joked that his son was trying to put him out of business.他父亲开玩笑说,儿子是想让他生意倒闭。 Calm down, Jo, I was only joking.冷静一下,乔,我只是在开玩笑。2you’re joking/you must be joking (also you’ve got to be joking) spoken口语 used to tell someone that what they are suggesting is so strange or silly that you cannot believe that they are serious用于表示对方所提出的建议太奇怪或愚蠢,令人难以置信他们是认真的:  ‘Tell him.’ ‘You must be joking – he’d never believe me.’"去告诉他。""你在开玩笑吧——他根本不会相信我的。"3joking apart/aside British English used before you say something serious after you have been joking用于开完玩笑后、说正经话之前jokingly adverb