joke是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh -- 笑話；玩笑

  • Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road? 我跟你講過小雞過馬路的笑話嗎？

  • She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories. 她整個晚上都在說笑話，講有趣的故事。

  • She tied his shoelaces together for a joke. 她跟他開玩笑，把他的鞋帶繫在一起。

  • I hope Rob doesn't tell any of his dirty jokes (= jokes about sex) when my mother's here. 我希望我母親在場時羅布不要講黃色笑話。

  • He tried to do a comedy routine, but all his jokes fell flat (= no one laughed at them). 他試著演一個搞笑戲碼，但他的笑話都不好笑。

  • Don't you get (= understand) the joke? 你聽不懂這個笑話嗎？

• 1 a person or thing that is very bad or silly -- 荒唐可笑的人（或事物）

  • Our new teacher's a joke - he can't even control the class. 我們的新老師有點荒唐可笑——他連課堂都控制不了。

  • The new software is a complete joke - it keeps crashing. 這個新軟體真讓人笑掉大牙——總是不斷地出毛病。

  • The test was a joke (= was very easy) - everyone finished in less than an hour. 考試容易極了——大家不用一個小時就做完了。

• 2 to say funny things -- 說笑話

  • They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos. 他們看著照片，邊開玩笑邊大笑。

  • It's more serious than you think, so please don't joke about it. 這比你想像的嚴重，請不要再對此開玩笑了。

  • [ + speech ] "I didn't expect to be out so soon", he joked, after spending nine months in hospital. 「我沒想到能這麼快出院，」他九個月後出院時開玩笑地說道。

  • I thought he was joking when he said Helen was pregnant, but she really is. 他說海倫懷孕時我以為他在開玩笑，但她確實懷孕了。

  • She wasn't joking (= she was serious) when she said she was going to move out of the house. 她說本週末將搬出這幢房子是認真的。