joke

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n. 笑话, 玩笑, 笑柄 v. 开玩笑, 取笑, 作弄

发音

UK /d͡ʒəʊk/
US /d͡ʒoʊk/

词形变化

jokes 复数 jokes joked jokes 三单 jokest joking joking 现在分词 joked 过去式 joked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

玩笑，笑话；笑柄

something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick

动词

开…的玩笑

to say things that are intended to be funny and that you do not really mean

动词

开玩笑

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An amusing story.

    笑话

    笑诙

  2. 2.

    Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

    玩笑

    It was a joke!

  3. 3.

    The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one

    比喻
  4. 4.

    A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.

    比喻

    Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.

    The president was a joke.

  5. 5.

    Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.

    比喻

    The final exam was a joke.

v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

    不及物

    I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.

  2. 2.

    To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.

    开玩笑

    不及物

    Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.

  3. 3.

    To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

    过时 及物

    to joke a comrade

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

laugh trick prank gag jest caper antic jape jocularity put-on

上位词 10

humor humour wit diversion recreation pettiness puniness slightness triviality witticism

下位词 10

wow funny scream riot dirty trick belly laugh dirty joke drollery howler in-joke

部分词 3

punchline laugh line tagline
动词

同义词 1

jest

上位词 10

do act carry bear behave conduct communicate deport acquit comport

下位词 10

fool clown gag pun fool around quip antic arse around clown around horse around

相关短语

joke books (joke-book 的复数) n. 笑话集 joke shop joke book n. 笑话集 joke shops joke around joke Joyce joke thief joke thieves joke theft joke up joke it up joke line it's a joke, Joyce the joke is on someone make a joke of

词源

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.

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