joke

joke
noun
  1. a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline
    笑话
    she was in a mood to tell jokes.
    她想讲些笑话。
    ■a trick played on someone for fun
    玩笑
    ■[in sing.](informal)a person or thing that is ridiculously inadequate
    (非正式)荒唐可笑的人（或事）
    public transport is a joke.
    公共交通真让人笑掉大牙。
verb
  1. [no obj.]make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly
    开玩笑；幽默地（或轻率地）谈论
    she could laugh and joke with her colleagues.
    她可以和同事一起笑，一起开玩笑。
    [with direct speech]‘It's OK, we're not related’, she joked.
    “还好，我们互不相干”，她诙谐地说道。
    ■[with obj.](archaic)poke fun at
    (古)取笑，嘲笑，嘲弄
    he was pretending to joke his daughter.
    他假装嘲弄他的女儿。
常用词组
be no joke
  1. (informal)be a serious matter or difficult undertaking
    (非正式)严肃的事；不轻松的事；困难的事
    trying to shop with three children in tow is no joke.
    要带着三个孩子去买东西可不是件轻松的事。
get (或be) beyond a joke
  1. (informal)become (or be) something that is serious or worrying
    (非正式)（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。
make a joke of
  1. laugh or be humorous about (something that is not funny in itself)
    对（并不好笑的事）以笑（或幽默地）对待，一笑置之
派生
jokey
( jokier, jokiest)
adjective(jokier, jokiest)
  1. (亦作joky)
jokily
adverb
jokiness
noun
jokingly
adverb
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (originally slang): perhaps from Latin jocus 'jest, wordplay'
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