joker

joker
noun
  1. a person who is fond of joking
    爱开玩笑的人
    ■(informal)a foolish or inept person
    (非正式)傻瓜，笨蛋
    a bunch of jokers.
    一群笨蛋。
  2. a playing card, typically bearing the figure of a jester, used in some games as a wild card
    （扑克牌）大王；小王
  3. (US)a clause unobtrusively inserted in a bill or document and affecting its operation in a way not immediately apparent
    (美)伏笔，曲笔（在法案或文件中插入的不显眼条款，其作用影响并不会立即被察觉）
派生
the joker in the pack
  1. a person or factor likely to have an unpredictable effect on events
    诡秘的人（或因素），难以捉摸的人（或因素）
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from the verb joke + -er
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