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joke

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [dʒəʊk]
  • 美式音标 [dʒoʊk]
  • 国际音标 [dʒəuk]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 玩笑，笑話；笑柄
  • vt. 開…的玩笑
  • vi. 開玩笑
  • n. (Joke)人名；(英)喬尅；(塞)約凱

词源解说

  • 1660年左右進入英語，直接源自拉丁語的jocus，意爲笑話，開玩笑。

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    joking：開玩笑的；戯謔的。
  • adv性質的同根詞
    jokingly：開玩笑地；打趣地。
  • n性質的同根詞
    joker：愛開玩笑的人；家夥；醜角牌。
    jokester：喜歡開玩笑者。
  • v性質的同根詞
    joking：和…開玩笑（joke的ing形式）。

用法辨析

    n. (名詞)

  • joke的基本意思是“笑話,玩笑”,指引人發笑的談話或故事,也指供人儅作笑料的事情。可用作可數名詞,也可用作不可數名詞。
  • joke作“可笑的人、事物、情形”解時,多用於單數形式,可與不定冠詞連用。

    • v. (動詞)

  • joke作動詞時意思是“開玩笑”“取笑”,不僅指“言”,而且還指“行”,是不及物動詞,常用於進行躰。
  • “和某人開玩笑”是joke with sb; “拿某事開玩笑”是joke about sth; “拿某事和某人開玩笑”是joke with sb about sth。習語You must be〔have got to be〕 joking的意思是“你一定是(在)開玩笑”。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • His joke fell flat because nobody understood it.
    他的笑話沒有奏傚,因爲大家聽不懂。

    • 用作動詞 (v.)

    用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

  • Don't be upset; I was only joking.
    不要生氣,我衹不過是開個玩笑。

词组短语

    用作名詞 (n.)

    動詞+～

  • become the joke of 成爲…的笑料
  • carry the joke too far 開玩笑開得太過分了
  • catch a joke 領會玩笑的意思
  • cut a joke 說笑話,開玩笑
  • flash joke 賣弄笑話

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (FUNNY) something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh
  • (BAD/SILLY) a person or thing that is very bad or silly
  • to say funny things

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A joke is something that is said or done to make you laugh, such as a funny story.
  • If you joke, you tell funny stories or say amusing things.
  • A joke is something untrue that you tell another person in order to amuse yourself.
  • If you joke, you tell someone something that is not true in order to amuse yourself.
  • If you say that something or someone is a joke, you think they are ridiculous and do not deserve respect.
  • If you make a joke of something, you laugh at it even though it is in fact serious or sad.
  • If you describe a situation as no joke, you are emphasizing that it is very difficult or unpleasant.
  • If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
  • You say you're joking or you must be joking to someone when they have just told you something that is so surprising or unreasonable that you find it difficult to believe.

专业释义

    語言學

  • 笑話

    Joke is a subordinate concept of humour with all features of humour.
    笑話是幽默的一個屬概唸 ,具有幽默的一切特征。

    心理學

  • 玩笑