1 [C] something said or done to make you laugh, especially a funny story 玩笑;笑话:
to tell/crack jokes说笑话a dirty joke (= about sex)下流的笑话I'm sorry, I didn't get the joke (= understand it).对不起,我听不明白这个笑话。☞Look at practical joke. 参看practical joke。
2 [sing] a ridiculous person, thing or situation 可笑的人、事物或情形:
The salary he was offered was a joke!只给他这么少的薪金,简直是开玩笑!
play a joke/trick on sb to trick sb in order to amuse yourself or other people 愚弄(某人);拿(某人)开玩笑
see the joke to understand what is funny about a joke or trick 明白某个笑话的意思
take a joke to be able to laugh at a joke against yourself 不介意做笑柄:
The trouble with Pete is he can't take a joke.皮特的问题是,他开不起玩笑。
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/dʒəʊk ||; dʒok/verb[I]
1joke (with sb) (about sth) to say sth to make people laugh; to tell a funny story 开玩笑;说笑话:
She spent the evening laughing and joking with her old friends.她整个晚上跟老朋友们在一起说说笑笑。
2 to say sth that is not true because you think it is funny 拿…开玩笑:
I never joke about religion.我从不拿宗教开玩笑。Don't get upset. I was only joking !别不高兴,我只是在开玩笑!
you must be joking;you're joking(spoken 口语) (used to express great surprise) you cannot be serious (表示非常惊讶)你不会当真吧,你一定是在开玩笑吧
joke1/dʒok; dʒəʊk/n [C] 1 something funny that you say or do to make people laugh 笑话﹔玩笑: +about kids’ jokes about their teachers 孩子们拿他们老师开的玩笑I only did it as a joke. 我这么做只是开个玩笑而已。Ed loves telling jokes . 埃德爱讲笑话。He's always making silly jokes . 他总是开无聊的玩笑。Come on – can’t you take a joke (=laugh at a joke about yourself)? 行了﹐难道你就开不起玩笑吗?get/see the joke (=understand why a joke is funny) 明白笑话的好笑之处play a joke on sb (=trick someone to make people laugh) 戏弄某人﹐开某人玩笑COLLOCATIONS 词语搭配sick joke – a joke that is very unpleasant and is often about death or suffering 〔常指关于死亡和苦难的〕令人反感的玩笑dirty joke – a joke that is about sex 下流笑话practical joke – a trick that is intended to surprise someone or make other people laugh at them 恶作剧tasteless joke – a joke that is slightly offensive 粗俗的笑话sexist/racist joke – a very offensive joke that makes fun of women or someone's race 性别歧视/种族歧视的笑话2 be a jokeinformal to be completely useless, stupid, or unreasonable【非正式】简直是在开玩笑﹔完全是一场闹剧: Public transport here is a joke. 这里的公共交通简直是在开玩笑。3 make a joke (out) of sth to treat something serious as if it were funny 拿〔严肃的事〕开玩笑: It was so bad, she tried to make a joke of it. 这太糟了﹐她想拿它开个玩笑混过去。4 be no joke used to emphasize that a situation is serious or difficult 可不是开玩笑的事〔用来强调情况严重或困难〕: Looking after three kids on your own is no joke. 独自一人照看三个小孩绝不是开玩笑的事。5 get beyond a joke to become serious and worrying 不是闹着玩的: All this junk mail is getting beyond a joke. 这么多的垃圾邮件可不是闹着玩的。IN-JOKE, PRACTICAL JOKE
joke2v [I] 1 to say things that are funny or that you do not really mean 说笑话﹔开玩笑: +about The guys laughed and joked about it later. 后来那几个家伙拿这事嘻嘻哈哈地开玩笑。+with He was relaxed, joking with the reporters. 他很放松﹐和记者们开着玩笑。+that His students joked that he should go into politics. 他的学生开玩笑说他应该从政。Hey, calm down – I’m only joking ! 嘿﹐镇定点﹐我不过是在开玩笑!2 you’re joking/you must be joking spoken used when you are surprised by what someone has said because it seems strange or silly【口】你在开玩笑吧/你一定是在开玩笑吧〔用来表示对某人说的话感到奇怪或荒唐〕: Buy a house on my salary? You must be joking! 靠我的工资买房子? 你一定是开玩笑吧! —jokingly adv
jokejokejokes1nounsomething that you say or do to make people laugh, for example a funny story that you tell: She told us a joke. I didn't get the joke (= understand it).jokejokejokesjokedjoking2verb (jokes, joking, joked)to tell funny stories; to say things that are funny but not true: They were laughing and joking together. I didn't mean what I said – I was only joking.