joke
美 [dʒoʊk]
英 [dʒəʊk] 
- n.笑话;玩笑;笑柄;笑料
- v.开玩笑;说笑话;闹着玩;说着玩
- 网络板;讲笑话
词形变化
复数:jokes 现在分词:joking 过去式:joked 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 笑话;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 . 我不会讲笑话。 |
| She's always cracking jokes . 她总爱说笑话。 |
| They often make jokes at each other's expense. 他们经常相互取笑。 |
| I didn't get the joke(= understand it) . 我不明白这有什么好笑的。 |
| I wish he wouldn't tell dirty jokes(= about sex) . 但愿他别开下流的玩笑。 |
| I only did it as a joke(= it was not meant seriously) . 我只是开个玩笑而已。 |
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. 最近这次提出的报酬简直是开玩笑。 |
1. | [i][t] 说笑话;开玩笑to say sth to make people laugh; to tell a funny story |
| She was laughing and joking with the children. 她同孩子们一起嘻嘻哈哈地说笑话。 |
| They often joked about all the things that could go wrong. 凡是可能出错的事他们都常拿来开玩笑。 |
| ‘I cooked it myself, so be careful!’ he joked. “我亲自下厨做的,所以要小心点哟!”他开玩笑说。 |
2. | [i][t] 闹着玩;说着玩to say sth that is not true because you think it is funny |
| I didn't mean that─I was only joking . 我并没有那个意思,我只是说着玩儿的。 |
| She joked that she only loved him for his money. 她开玩笑说她只爱他的钱。 |
习惯用语
be/get beyond a joke
超出开玩笑的限度(令人恼火或无法接受)to become annoying and no longer acceptable
be no joke
不是轻而易举的事;不是好玩的to be difficult or unpleasant
| It's no joke trying to find a job these days. 这些日子想找工作可不是件容易事。 |
the jokes on sb
开玩笑开到自己身上了;作弄别人反而捉弄到自己头上used to say that sb who tried to make another person look ridiculous now looks ridiculous instead
make a joke of sth
拿某事开玩笑;以某事为笑柄to laugh about sth that is serious or should be taken seriously
take a joke
经得起玩笑话;开得起玩笑to be able to laugh at a joke against yourself
| The trouble with her is she can't take a joke. 她的问题在于开不起玩笑。 |
joking apart/aside
言归正传;说正经的used to show that you are now being serious after you have said sth funny
youre joking|you must be joking
(对某人所说的话表示吃惊)你一定是在开玩笑吧used to show that you are very surprised at what sb has just said
| No way am I doing that. You must be joking! 我决不可能做那样的事。你一定是在开玩笑吧! |
| She's going out with Dan? You're joking! 她在同丹谈恋爱?你是在开玩笑吧! |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
In a society that celebrates spending and credit, this behavior is usually looked upon as a joke rather than a serious problem.
在一个秀支出和信贷的社会里,这种行为常被看成一个笑话,而不是一个严重的问题。
This does not seem to legend, just a joke Bale.
这似乎不是传说,只是一则笑话罢了。
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.
在手机早期,广告语“保持联系并不需要花很多钱”真的有点像玩笑。
He grinned at me, as if sharing a secret joke.
他朝我咧齿一笑,好象彼此会心领略一个笑话。
The dentist did not know that it was a joke and tried to explain.
那大夫还不知道这是个打趣,严厉地诠释着。
John played a joke on Henry, and the next day Henry got back at him.
约翰戏弄了亨利,第2天亨利就回报了他。
He shouldn't have been angry with me for what I said, for it was nothing more than a joke.
他不应该对我说的话感到生气,那仅仅是个玩笑而已。
I do not know why in my friends around like a joke to say he is a farmer, but it did affect me.
我不知道为什么在我周围的朋友都喜欢开玩笑说自己是一个农民,但这的确影响到我了。
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?
至于陈光标先生全家改名,那也只是一个笑话,“陈低碳”究竟能产生多大的影响力?
As he would not be setting off for another three weeks, he treated this as a very good joke.
由于他要等三个星期才会出发,所以把我的话当作是开玩笑。
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,这笑让我莫名其妙,一照镜子,呵,我把一块奶油蹭在了鼻子上,活像一个小丑!
I gather you passed this off as a joke but the reaction in the pub was one of shock, not laughter.
你可能自认为自己很幽默,但是当时餐馆里的人的反应很明显是震惊而不是大笑。
I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you.
我想我扮演了一个笑话,但当我听到你所说的话,真的打我我伤害了你多少。
But I said, I'm not-- I have to break any awkward moment, or any silences, with a joke.
但我说,我不会,也不必用笑话来打破所有的尴尬和沉默。
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,在第二个实验中,他们使用了一个描述巨蟒的素描,而参与者也没有认为这应该是一个玩笑。
It's hard to hear about this ruling and not consider the Italian legal system to be a joke.
这个判决令人难过,并且让人很难不把意大利的法律体制当做一个笑话。
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.
我差一点就喜欢上它,但这对每个人来说太明显了,这要么是个笑话要么就是个没话可说的傻瓜。
' 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 .
她说,那个时候我们开玩笑说,等我们老到在游船上打麻将的时候,我们就发财了,因为我们从很年轻的时候就开始了。
'It's a little bit of a joke, ' said Antonio Zea, director of soccer for Adidas America.
“大家有点开玩笑的意思。”阿迪达斯美国公司(AdidasAmerica)足球部负责人安东尼奥•西亚(AntonioZea)说道。
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,在笑话里浸泡一个月,也不能渗入皮肤。
So he's beginning to see a joke again.
这样他慢慢地悟过来了。
He discerned an opportunity for a new kind of joke which required him to be cautious and solemn.
他发现来了一个机会,可以开一个新的玩笑,不过要求他应该谨慎而严肃。
He tried to break through the cloud of gloom hanging over his roomates with a joke.
他试图讲句笑话打破笼罩着同室朋友间的郁闷气氛。
It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.
他花了四年时间精心安排这个玩笑,仅仅是为了证明评论家并不总是懂得他们所评论的事。
The father laughed as if this were a joke.
作父亲的哈哈大笑,好象这是玩笑话似的。
They just laughed and made a joke of it all.
他们还是谈笑风生,把一切当成笑话。
The quarrel between them was sparked off by a joke.
一句玩笑引起他们之间的一场争吵。
Go to ask him what is one of the standing joke that brighten up their business sometimes.
去问问他能常常让他们开心的是哪个笑话。
Davis made a joke of his own melancholy.
戴维斯虽然心境郁郁寡欢,但有时也开开玩笑。
The children laughed at the joke.
孩子们听到那个笑话而笑了。
He did not see the joke.
他不明白那个笑话的可笑处。
Though it told against themselves, the joke was too good, and Becky burst out laughing at Rawdon's discomfiture.
他们虽然吃了大亏,这笑话儿却妙不可言。贝基看见罗顿垂头丧气的样子忍不住哈哈大笑。
Hearing the joke, she keeled over with laughter.
听了这个笑话,她笑得前仰后合。
This is no joking matter. ; This is no joke.
这可不是闹着玩儿的事。
There is a smack of truth in his joke.
他的玩笑中有一点真理。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
戏谑永远不能化敌为友,反而常常失去朋友。
That is carrying the joke too far.
玩笑开得过火了。
Yeah, it's an old joke, but it's sort of true. Because most hermaphrodites do have to date.
哈,这是个古老的joke,但是也是一种事实,因为大多数两性动物要约会繁衍。
Anglia TV made a statement the day after the program that it had been intended as a joke.
英吉利电视台在节目播出后发表声明称它是一场有意制造的玩笑。
I do not know you have been a joke to me is true or false.
我不知道你对我而言是否是一个玩笑
What's the matter? Aren't you able to take a joke?
怎么了,你不能接受这样的笑话吗?
(Laughter) The next day I came to see him. I was like, "Doctor, that was a really good joke. "
(众人笑)第二天我去见他,我说:“医生,那个笑话真不错。”
When he tried to make a little joke, the judge warned him not to give frivolous replies to the lawyer's questions.
当他试著开一点玩笑时,法官警告他不要对律师的问题给予玩世不恭的答覆。
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.
编一个并非逻辑问题的笑话,其结果必须是一个连贯的按日常条框并不很具欣赏性的故事。
Katherine Solomon was sure that Langdon would never joke about something like this, and yet he sounded like he had lost his mind.
凯瑟琳.所罗门相信兰登,他从不开这样的玩笑,可是,听他讲话的声音就像失去理智一样。
Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist.
哈里曾认为走进一家名贵化妆品商店,荒唐地提出要买一种根本不存在的商品是件开心的事儿。
He said: "Before Jack went on Kenny was making a joke and trying to relax him going onto the pitch. "
克拉克说:“在杰克上场前,肯尼与他开着玩笑并且试着让他在场上放轻松点。”
He told me, "I used to joke that we treat Congress like mushrooms; keep them in the dark and feed them shit. "
他对我说,“开玩笑说,我们对待国会就像养蘑菇,让他们呆在黑暗里,喂他们吃粪便”。
You know it is just a joke because our heart are part of our flesh.
你知道的这只是个笑话,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,这个男孩想和村民们开个玩笑,给他们制造一点麻烦,以便从中找乐。
"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.
“宝贝,你一定要去感谢他”,乔开起了玩笑,因为她的脑袋瓜子里实际上从没认为贝思会真的走进那个大房子去感谢老劳伦斯。
Instead of shrugging off the next joke your friend tells or trying to top a story, laugh.
当你的朋友说下一个笑话或者故事时,不要耸耸肩,你应该大笑起来。
Some sceptics regarded this as a bit of a joke.
有些怀疑论者认为这种观点多少有些可笑。
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,望失火车哈哈大笑,好像误了火车是天底下最开心的事儿似的。
The account's third tweet says "Kim Jong-un's populist policy is nothing but a joke. "
该账号第三条微博说“金勇南的民粹政策一无是处,只是笑话”。
I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was "Reid. "
我还和雷德•霍夫曼开玩笑说,这些都是他成为大名鼎鼎的“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。我喜欢上你了。怯被当成是一个笑话!用英语怎么说?。