a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline
笑话
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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.]
〈非正式〉 荒唐可笑的人(或事)
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public transport is a joke .公共交通。
make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly
开玩笑;幽默地谈论;轻佻(或不严肃)地谈论
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she could laugh and joke with her colleagues 她有时会和同事们嘻嘻哈哈地说笑话。
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[with direct speech]
‘It's OK, we're not related' ,she joked .“没问题,我们反正没有血缘关系”,她开玩笑地说。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 取笑,嘲笑,嘲弄
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he was pretending to joke his daughter .他假装嘲弄他的女儿。
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be no joke 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 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 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
"late 17th cent. (originally slang): perhaps from Latin