joke
美 [d?o?k]
英 [d???k] 
- n.笑話;玩笑;笑柄;笑料
- v.開玩笑;說笑話;鬧著玩;說著玩
- 網絡板;講笑話
詞形變化
復數:jokes 現在分詞:joking 過去式:joked 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 笑話;玩笑something that you say or do to make people laugh, for example a funny story that you tell |
| I can't tell jokes . 我不會講笑話。 |
| She's always cracking jokes . 她總愛說笑話。 |
| They often make jokes at each other's expense. 他們經常相互取笑。 |
| I didn't get the joke(= understand it) . 我不明白這有什么好笑的。 |
| I wish he wouldn't tell dirty jokes(= about sex) . 但愿他別開下流的玩笑。 |
| I only did it as a joke(= it was not meant seriously) . 我只是開個玩笑而已。 |
2. | [sing]
荒唐可笑的人(或事物、局面);笑料;笑柄a person, thing or situation that is ridiculous or annoying and cannot be taken seriously |
| This latest pay offer is a joke. 最近這次提出的報酬簡直是開玩笑。 |
1. | [i][t] 說笑話;開玩笑to say sth to make people laugh; to tell a funny story |
| She was laughing and joking with the children. 她同孩子們一起嘻嘻哈哈地說笑話。 |
| They often joked about all the things that could go wrong. 凡是可能出錯的事他們都常拿來開玩笑。 |
| ‘I cooked it myself, so be careful!’ he joked. “我親自下廚做的,所以要小心點喲!”他開玩笑說。 |
2. | [i][t] 鬧著玩;說著玩to say sth that is not true because you think it is funny |
| I didn't mean that─I was only joking . 我并沒有那個意思,我只是說著玩兒的。 |
| She joked that she only loved him for his money. 她開玩笑說她只愛他的錢。 |
習慣用語
be/get beyond a joke
超出開玩笑的限度(令人惱火或無法接受)to become annoying and no longer acceptable
be no joke
不是輕而易舉的事;不是好玩的to be difficult or unpleasant
| It's no joke trying to find a job these days. 這些日子想找工作可不是件容易事。 |
the jokes on sb
開玩笑開到自己身上了;作弄別人反而捉弄到自己頭上used to say that sb who tried to make another person look ridiculous now looks ridiculous instead
make a joke of sth
拿某事開玩笑;以某事為笑柄to laugh about sth that is serious or should be taken seriously
take a joke
經得起玩笑話;開得起玩笑to be able to laugh at a joke against yourself
| The trouble with her is she can't take a joke. 她的問題在于開不起玩笑。 |
joking apart/aside
言歸正傳;說正經的used to show that you are now being serious after you have said sth funny
youre joking|you must be joking
(對某人所說的話表示吃驚)你一定是在開玩笑吧used to show that you are very surprised at what sb has just said
| No way am I doing that. You must be joking! 我決不可能做那樣的事。你一定是在開玩笑吧! |
| She's going out with Dan? You're joking! 她在同丹談戀愛?你是在開玩笑吧! |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
In a society that celebrates spending and credit, this behavior is usually looked upon as a joke rather than a serious problem.
在一個秀支出和信貸的社會里,這種行為常被看成一個笑話,而不是一個嚴重的問題。
This does not seem to legend, just a joke Bale.
這似乎不是傳說,只是一則笑話罷了。
In the early days of mobile phones, the advertising slogan "It doesn't cost much to keep in touch" was a bit of a joke.
在手機早期,廣告語“保持聯系并不需要花很多錢”真的有點像玩笑。
He grinned at me, as if sharing a secret joke.
他朝我咧齒一笑,好象彼此會心領略一個笑話。
The dentist did not know that it was a joke and tried to explain.
那大夫還不知道這是個打趣,嚴厲地詮釋著。
John played a joke on Henry, and the next day Henry got back at him.
約翰戲弄了亨利,第2天亨利就回報了他。
He shouldn't have been angry with me for what I said, for it was nothing more than a joke.
他不應該對我說的話感到生氣,那僅僅是個玩笑而已。
I do not know why in my friends around like a joke to say he is a farmer, but it did affect me.
我不知道為什么在我周圍的朋友都喜歡開玩笑說自己是一個農民,但這的確影響到我了。
As for the name-changing of Chen's family, it is just a joke. How much influence can "Chen Low-carbon" have on the public?
至于陳光標先生全家改名,那也只是一個笑話,“陳低碳”究竟能產生多大的影響力?
As he would not be setting off for another three weeks, he treated this as a very good joke.
由于他要等三個星期才會出發,所以把我的話當作是開玩笑。
my sister, suddenly laughed, it let me, in the mirror. oh, i put a piece of butter on the nose against it, like a joke!
姐姐突然笑了,這笑讓我莫名其妙,一照鏡子,呵,我把一塊奶油蹭在了鼻子上,活像一個小丑!
I gather you passed this off as a joke but the reaction in the pub was one of shock, not laughter.
你可能自認為自己很幽默,但是當時餐館里的人的反應很明顯是震驚而不是大笑。
I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you.
我想我扮演了一個笑話,但當我聽到你所說的話,真的打我我傷害了你多少。
But I said, I'm not-- I have to break any awkward moment, or any silences, with a joke.
但我說,我不會,也不必用笑話來打破所有的尷尬和沉默。
So, in a second study they used a description of a Monty Python sketch which participants weren't told was supposed to be a joke.
因此,在第二個實驗中,他們使用了一個描述巨蟒的素描,而參與者也沒有認為這應該是一個玩笑。
It's hard to hear about this ruling and not consider the Italian legal system to be a joke.
這個判決令人難過,并且讓人很難不把意大利的法律體制當做一個笑話。
I would almost care about this, but it's so obvious to everyone that this is either a joke or an idiot that there is nothing more to say.
我差一點就喜歡上它,但這對每個人來說太明顯了,這要么是個笑話要么就是個沒話可說的傻瓜。
' We joke that by the time we are old enough to go on mah-jongg cruises , we 'll clean up because we started young, ' she said .
她說,那個時候我們開玩笑說,等我們老到在游船上打麻將的時候,我們就發財了,因為我們從很年輕的時候就開始了。
'It's a little bit of a joke, ' said Antonio Zea, director of soccer for Adidas America.
“大家有點開玩笑的意思。”阿迪達斯美國公司(AdidasAmerica)足球部負責人安東尼奧?西亞(AntonioZea)說道。
Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month it would not get through their skins .
有些人干巴巴的,在笑話里浸泡一個月,也不能滲入皮膚。
So he's beginning to see a joke again.
這樣他慢慢地悟過來了。
He discerned an opportunity for a new kind of joke which required him to be cautious and solemn.
他發現來了一個機會,可以開一個新的玩笑,不過要求他應該謹慎而嚴肅。
He tried to break through the cloud of gloom hanging over his roomates with a joke.
他試圖講句笑話打破籠罩著同室朋友間的郁悶氣氛。
It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.
他花了四年時間精心安排這個玩笑,僅僅是為了證明評論家并不總是懂得他們所評論的事。
The father laughed as if this were a joke.
作父親的哈哈大笑,好象這是玩笑話似的。
They just laughed and made a joke of it all.
他們還是談笑風生,把一切當成笑話。
The quarrel between them was sparked off by a joke.
一句玩笑引起他們之間的一場爭吵。
Go to ask him what is one of the standing joke that brighten up their business sometimes.
去問問他能常常讓他們開心的是哪個笑話。
Davis made a joke of his own melancholy.
戴維斯雖然心境郁郁寡歡,但有時也開開玩笑。
The children laughed at the joke.
孩子們聽到那個笑話而笑了。
He did not see the joke.
他不明白那個笑話的可笑處。
Though it told against themselves, the joke was too good, and Becky burst out laughing at Rawdon's discomfiture.
他們雖然吃了大虧,這笑話兒卻妙不可言。貝基看見羅頓垂頭喪氣的樣子忍不住哈哈大笑。
Hearing the joke, she keeled over with laughter.
聽了這個笑話,她笑得前仰后合。
This is no joking matter. ; This is no joke.
這可不是鬧著玩兒的事。
There is a smack of truth in his joke.
他的玩笑中有一點真理。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
戲謔永遠不能化敵為友,反而常常失去朋友。
That is carrying the joke too far.
玩笑開得過火了。
Yeah, it's an old joke, but it's sort of true. Because most hermaphrodites do have to date.
哈,這是個古老的joke,但是也是一種事實,因為大多數兩性動物要約會繁衍。
Anglia TV made a statement the day after the program that it had been intended as a joke.
英吉利電視臺在節目播出后發表聲明稱它是一場有意制造的玩笑。
I do not know you have been a joke to me is true or false.
我不知道你對我而言是否是一個玩笑
What's the matter? Aren't you able to take a joke?
怎么了,你不能接受這樣的笑話嗎?
(Laughter) The next day I came to see him. I was like, "Doctor, that was a really good joke. "
(眾人笑)第二天我去見他,我說:“醫生,那個笑話真不錯。”
When he tried to make a little joke, the judge warned him not to give frivolous replies to the lawyer's questions.
當他試著開一點玩笑時,法官警告他不要對律師的問題給予玩世不恭的答覆。
To make it a joke instead of a logic puzzle, the result needs to be a coherent story that isn't strictly sensible in everyday terms.
編一個并非邏輯問題的笑話,其結果必須是一個連貫的按日常條框并不很具欣賞性的故事。
Katherine Solomon was sure that Langdon would never joke about something like this, and yet he sounded like he had lost his mind.
凱瑟琳.所羅門相信蘭登,他從不開這樣的玩笑,可是,聽他講話的聲音就像失去理智一樣。
Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist.
哈里曾認為走進一家名貴化妝品商店,荒唐地提出要買一種根本不存在的商品是件開心的事兒。
He said: "Before Jack went on Kenny was making a joke and trying to relax him going onto the pitch. "
克拉克說:“在杰克上場前,肯尼與他開著玩笑并且試著讓他在場上放輕松點。”
He told me, "I used to joke that we treat Congress like mushrooms; keep them in the dark and feed them shit. "
他對我說,“開玩笑說,我們對待國會就像養蘑菇,讓他們呆在黑暗里,喂他們吃糞便”。
You know it is just a joke because our heart are part of our flesh.
你知道的這只是個笑話,你我的心都是肉做的。
One day, the boy and the villagers would like a joke, gave them a bit of trouble from which to have fun.
有一天,這個男孩想和村民們開個玩笑,給他們制造一點麻煩,以便從中找樂。
"You'll have to go and thank him, " said Jo, by way of a joke, for the idea of the child's really going never entered her head.
“寶貝,你一定要去感謝他”,喬開起了玩笑,因為她的腦袋瓜子里實際上從沒認為貝思會真的走進那個大房子去感謝老勞倫斯。
Instead of shrugging off the next joke your friend tells or trying to top a story, laugh.
當你的朋友說下一個笑話或者故事時,不要聳聳肩,你應該大笑起來。
Some sceptics regarded this as a bit of a joke.
有些懷疑論者認為這種觀點多少有些可笑。
He stood there looking at the train and laughing, as if to miss a train was the best joke in the world.
他站在那里,望失火車哈哈大笑,好像誤了火車是天底下最開心的事兒似的。
The account's third tweet says "Kim Jong-un's populist policy is nothing but a joke. "
該賬號第三條微博說“金勇南的民粹政策一無是處,只是笑話”。
I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was "Reid. "
我還和雷德?霍夫曼開玩笑說,這些都是他成為大名鼎鼎的“雷德”之前的日子。
One day, I have fell in love with you, but it just as a joke as you think.
某一天。我喜歡上你了。怯被當成是一個笑話!用英語怎么說?。