jape

n. 戏言, 笑料, 嘲弄 vi. 开玩笑 vt. 嘲弄

发音

其它 /d͡ʒeɪp/

词形变化

japes 复数 japes japed japes 三单 japing japing 现在分词 japed 过去式 japed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A joke or quip.

    [H]e clapped hand to thigh, and laughed and laughed until the air rang again. "Oho, a jape—a jape indeed!" he roared.

  2. 2.

    A prank or trick.

v.
  1. 1.

    To jest; play tricks.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To mock; deride.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To have sexual intercourse with.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

laugh joke gag jest

上位词 5

humor humour wit witticism wittiness

下位词 10

wow funny scream riot belly laugh dirty joke howler in-joke one-liner shaggy dog story

部分词 3

punchline laugh line tagline

词源

From Middle English japen (“to deceive, play tricks on; act foolishly, joke; have sex with”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps combining Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream; chatter, gossip”) with gaber (“to mock, deride”). See also gab, Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”) (Low German galpen (“to bark, howl, scream”)), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjálpa (“to yelp”) (dialectal Swedish galpa (“to cry, screech”)). More at yelp, yawp, yap.

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