单词详解

1. n.

A.笑话，玩笑(a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)

Can't you take a joke?跟你开个玩笑你都受不了吗？

B.可笑的人、事物、情形(ridiculous person, thing or situation)

His colleagues regard him as a joke.同事们把他当作取笑的对象。

2. vt. & vi.

开玩笑，戏弄(tell a joke; speak humorously)

Don't be upset. I was only joking.不要生气，我只是开玩笑。

相关词组

1.be no joke (非正式)严肃的事；不轻松的事；困难的事

Looking after three children at the same time is no joke.

同时照顾三个孩子可不是件轻松的事。

2. get beyond a joke（变成）严肃的事，令人担心的事

This rain's getting beyond a joke.这场雨越来越让人担心了。

3. make a joke开玩笑

It's an important question. Don't make a joke of it.这是一个重要问题，不要小看了它。

4. play a joke on sb. 捉弄……，对……搞恶作剧

Let me play a joke on him.我要和他开个玩笑。

相关单词

复数：jokes

副词：jokingly

动词过去式：joked

动词过去分词：joked

动词现在分词：joking

动词第三人称单数：jokes