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joke

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joke1 /dʒəʊk $ dʒoʊk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC]  
1  JOKEsomething that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick 笑话；玩笑
joke about
 a joke about absent-minded professors
关于糊涂教授的一个笑话
 I couldn’t go out with someone for a joke, could you?
我可不能拿谈恋爱当儿戏，对不对？
2  be a joke informalSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE to be completely useless, stupid, or unreasonable 简直是在开玩笑；完全是一场闹剧
 The whole meeting was a joke.
整个会议完全是一场闹剧。
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be a joke• I wasn't entirely sure whether he was joking or not.• Nerf Herder is a joke band.• Some of this is very serious, and some of it is joking around.• When women do confront sexism, the glib reply is often that it is a joke.• It is a joke and I told Wilkinson so.• The Window Rock Tribal Jail is a joke to criminals and police officials alike.• Here two young men were joking with a gun.• Well, there are jokes about yeast infections, frostbite, liver transplants and cereal variety packs.
3  go/get/be beyond a joke SERIOUS SITUATIONa situation that has got beyond a joke has become serious and worrying 〔情况〕超出开玩笑的限度
 This rain’s getting beyond a joke – let’s go inside.
这雨越下越大了，我们进去吧。
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go/get/be beyond a joke• The condition of Tam's leather jacket had got beyond a joke.
4  something is no joke SERIOUS SITUATIONused to emphasize that a situation is serious or that someone really means what they say 某事并非开玩笑〔用来强调情况严重或某人说的话是认真的〕
 The risk he’s taking is no joke.
他冒的这个险非同小可。
 It’s no joke bringing up a child on your own.
独自抚养小孩可不是好玩的事情。
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something is no joke• These bills are no joke.• Pneumonia is no joke, you know.• Now that is no joke because one of these big old saws can weigh the best part of half a ton.• Especially where alcohol is concerned, this is no joke at all-as the men from Rutgers ably demonstrated in the 1970s.• This is no joke, Guy.• This is no joke, mister, it's for real.• The bike fell on him, tearing his Achilles tendon, which is no joke at all.
5  somebody can take a joke FUNNYused to say that someone is able to laugh at jokes about themselves 某人开得起玩笑
 Your problem is you just can’t take a joke.
你的问题就是开不起玩笑。
6  make a joke (out) of something JOKEto treat something serious as if it was intended to be funny 拿〔严肃的事〕开玩笑
 He could not bring himself to apologise. Instead, he tried to make a joke of it.
他没法开口道歉，就想拿这件事情开个玩笑蒙混过去。
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make a joke (out) of something• My mother always makes a joke of everything.• I'd made a joke of it.• He makes a joke of the injury because, at 59, it is an inconvenience rather than a disaster.• You had your own reasons for making the call, and why not make a joke out of it?• That readiness to make a joke of life had been temporarily eclipsed.• We made a joke of it, the way Charles always came loaded with books on some new subject.
7  somebody’s idea of a joke spokenJOKE a situation that someone else thinks is funny but you do not 某人觉得好玩的事〔但你本人却并不这么认为〕
 Look, if this is your idea of a joke, I don’t find it at all funny.
喂，虽然你认为这很好笑，我却一点都不觉得。
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somebody’s idea of a joke• Is this your idea of a joke?• The dismembered leg sticking straight out of the rubbish was clearly his idea of a joke.
8. the joke’s on somebody JOKEused to say that something has happened to make someone seem stupid, especially when they were trying to make other people seem stupid 开玩笑反而开到自己身上了；作弄别人反而作弄到自己身上
→ in-joke, practical joke, → standing joke at standing1(3)
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
tell a joke (=repeat a funny story) 讲笑话
He was always telling jokes and making people laugh.
他总是讲笑话逗人乐。
make a joke (also crack a joke) (=say something intended to be funny) 逗笑，开玩笑
He was cracking jokes and seemed relaxed and happy.
他在开玩笑，看上去轻松愉快。
get a joke (=understand a joke and find it funny) 听懂笑话
She never gets my jokes.
她从来都不懂我的笑话。
laugh at somebody’s jokes 听了某人的笑话而大笑
nA few people laughed at his jokes, but some didn’t find them funny.
play a joke on somebody (=trick someone to make people laugh) 开某人的玩笑
nJohn’s always playing jokes on his brothers.
adjectives
a good/funny joke 好笑的笑话
I heard a really good joke the other day.
有一天我听到一个很有趣的笑话。
a bad/terrible joke (=not funny) 不好笑的笑话
Dad was known for his bad jokes.
大家都知道爸爸的笑话很无趣。
a cruel/sick joke (=very unkind) 残忍的/令人反感的笑话
nWhen I heard he had cancer, at first I thought it was some kind of sick joke.
an old joke 老掉牙的笑话
nIt reminded me of the old joke about the chicken crossing the road.
a dirty joke (=about sex) 下流的笑话
nA bunch of boys were telling dirty jokes.
a practical joke (=that involves tricking someone) 恶作剧
nWhat the workers think is a practical joke, management might regard as sabotage.
an inside/a private joke (=that only a few people who are involved in something will understand) 小圈子里的笑话
nAfter I’d worked there a while, I started to understand some of the inside jokes.
na running joke (=in which people always laugh when the same situation happens, or when someone says something)
It’s a running joke in our house that my husband can never find his keys.
phrases
a joke falls flat (=people don’t find a joke funny) 笑话没有人笑
His practical jokes usually fell flat.
他那些恶作剧通常都没有人笑。
be the butt of a joke (=be the person a joke is made about, so that people laugh at you) 成为笑柄
nSomehow he’d become the butt of all his classmates’ jokes.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘say a joke’. Say tell a joke.
不要说 ‘say a joke’. 而要说 tell a joke.
n THESAURUS
joke a funny story that you tell people to make them laugh
We all sat around telling jokes.
Have you heard the joke about the man who found a frog in his soup?
funny story a short story that someone tells to make people laugh
He was one of those guys who are good at telling funny stories at dinner parties.
gag a short joke, especially one told by a professional entertainer
He’s a great comedian, with plenty of good gags.
one-liner a very short joke or funny remark
There are some memorable one-liners in the film.
wisecrack a funny remark or reply, especially one that is said in a very quick and clever way
It’s a comic masterpiece, packed with classic wisecracks.
pun (also play on words) a joke made by mixing up two different meanings of the same word, or two words with the same sound
a pun on the words ‘bear’ and ‘bare’
The title of the book is a witty play on words.
Shakespeare used a lot of puns for comic effect.
quip written something funny and clever that someone says
He made some friendly quip about hair loss, and everyone laughed.
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joke• It is much too risky at the start of an interaction to make a joke about the other person.• We didn't mean to frighten you. It was only a joke.• I can take a joke as well as anyone, but this isn't funny, it's embarrassing.• It's a good idea to start a speech by telling a joke.• And that was a joke, because I was half-dead with worry myself.• What a joke that meeting was.• Leno opened the show with a joke about the election.• But he is rescued, along with others, and the whole terrifying ordeal, he discovers, becomes a big joke.• In some situations, a dirty joke can be considered sexual harassment.• They may even have a few jokes of their own.• Do you want to hear a good joke?• Have you heard any good jokes lately?• Inside the parcel there was an empty bottle. "Is this some kind of joke?'' he asked.• The two girls were whispering in the corner and giggling over some private joke.• You're given comedy and miss all the jokes.• It wasn't that I didn't get the joke - I just didn't think it was funny.• Everyone laughed except Mr Broadbent, who didn't see the joke.• The joke goes on to say that every night is Wednesday!• Wilson spoke for about 15 minutes, peppering his mainly serious message with jokes.
for a joke• Mulcahey searched his brain for a joke, but there was only a translucent blankness.• One day some street cowboys threw an uncharged hand grenade at him for a joke.• The Reverend George Whitefield was not a man for jokes.• Not entirely sober one evening in 1832, Turner entered a Preston temperance meeting for a joke but came out converted.• She was in no mood for jokes.• He was not in the mood for jokes.• I talk to him like that more for joke than anything else.
joke2 ●●● S3 verb [intransitiveI]  
1  SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGto say things that are intended to be funny and that you do not really mean 说笑话；开玩笑
joke about
 I never joke about money.
我从不拿钱开玩笑。
joke with
 As we left the hospital, he joked with the staff.
我们离开医院时，他和医务人员开着玩笑。
joke that
 His father joked that his son was trying to put him out of business.
他父亲开玩笑说他儿子想要他破产。
 Calm down, Jo, I was only joking.
乔，别生气，我不过是开玩笑。
2  you’re joking/you must be joking  (also you’ve got to be joking) spokenNO used to tell someone that what they are suggesting is so strange or silly that you cannot believe that they are serious 你(一定)是在开玩笑吧〔用来表示某人的话很奇怪或愚蠢，你无法相信他们是认真的〕
 ‘Tell him.’ ‘You must be joking – he’d never believe me.’
“告诉他。” “你一定是在开玩笑吧，他绝不会相信我的。
3. joking apart/aside British EnglishBrESERIOUS/NOT JOKING used before you say something serious after you have been joking 言归正传，说正经的〔用来表示停止开玩笑，开始说严肃的事〕
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joking apart/aside• Peter joking apart have the tories done themselves any good this week?
—jokingly adverbadv
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joke• A group of teenagers were standing at the corner, laughing and joking.• I must tell Philippa that I was joking.• Though Cosby joked about it, Ennis' school performance in those years was anything but funny offstage.• When he was a kid he was embarrassed about his height, but now he can joke about it.• Some one joked about opening a tranquilizer concession.• Now he was joking about the rumours of his marriage.• They're a good class to teach. You can joke and have a laugh with them.• Well, okay, he joked, his voice smooth as glass.• Armed with his Bumper Fun Book, the minister of Dunlop joked his way around the world at various functions.• I was unresponsive and kept joking with him about it - but I made it clear I wasn't interested.
only joking• At the time, she was only joking.• Of course, Fagan was only joking about not having Chaffee back next year.• Bill Shankly was only joking when he said football was more important than life and death.
Origin joke1
(1600-1700) Latin jocus
joke1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1joke2 verb
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joke

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + JOKE | JOKE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤amusing, funny, good, hilarious有趣的／好玩的／很逗的／令人捧腹的笑話◇She didn't seem to find my jokes amusing.她似乎不覺得我的笑話好笑。➤old過時的笑話◇That's an old joke－I've heard it lots of times.那是個過時的笑話 － 我已經聽過好多遍了。➤bad, corny, dumb, lame, silly, stupid, unfunny (especially BrE) 糟糕的笑話；老套的笑話；愚蠢的笑話；蹩腳的笑話；不好玩的笑話▸➤cruel, sick傷人的／令人毛骨悚然的笑話➤racist, sexist種族歧視的／性別歧視的笑話▸➤crude, dirty, off-colour/off-color (especially NAmE) 粗俗的／下流的／黃色笑話➤inside, private內部／私密笑話◇They kept telling inside jokes about people I didn't know.他們不停地講一些圈內的笑話，涉及到的人我都不認識。➤running老使人發笑的事◇The show features a running joke about a nosy dog.節目講的是一條好管閒事的狗所出的各種洋相。➤practical惡作劇◇His brothers were always playing practical jokes.他那幾個兄弟老是搞惡作劇。➤huge天大的笑話◇It's all just a huge joke to you, isn't it?對你來說這一切都不過是一個天大的玩笑，是不是？VERB + JOKE➤crack, make, tell說笑話；開玩笑；講笑話◇He's excellent at telling jokes.他特別會講笑話。➤play開玩笑◇He's always playing jokes on people.他老是拿人開玩笑。➤exchange, have, share相互開玩笑；說笑話◇She likes to share a joke with her employees.她喜歡和員工們講笑話。➤hear聽笑話▸➤appreciate, enjoy, get, laugh at, like, understand領會笑話；喜歡笑話；聽懂笑話◇We all fell about laughing, but he didn't get the joke.我們都笑彎了腰，但他卻沒明白這笑話有什麼好笑之處。◇She doesn't like jokes about her height.她不喜歡別人拿她的身高開玩笑。➤remember記得笑話➤spoil破壞笑話◇He told us the ending, completely spoiling the joke.他把結局告訴了我們，使得這個笑話一點兒都不好笑。➤miss未領會笑話◇Am I missing the joke here?我是不是沒聽懂笑點？➤take經得起玩笑◇The trouble is she can't take a joke.問題是她開不起玩笑。➤treat sth as視⋯為玩笑◇He treated his exams as a huge joke.他把自己的考試當成一個大笑話。JOKE + VERB➤fall flat笑話沒有達到效果◇The audience wasn't very responsive and the jokes fell flat.聽眾沒什麼反應，那些笑話未能讓人發笑。➤be on sb笑話戲弄某人◇I thought I'd play a trick on them, but in the end the joke was on me.我本想捉弄一下他們，但最終鬧笑話的人卻是我。PREPOSITION➤as a joke當作笑話◇It was only said as a joke.那只是當笑話說的。➤joke about關於⋯的笑話◇Have you heard the joke about the elephant and the mouse?你聽過大象和老鼠的笑話嗎？PHRASES➤make a joke of sth拿⋯開玩笑◇We tried to make a joke of our situation, but it wasn't really funny.我們試圖拿我們的處境開玩笑，但這實在不是什麼好笑的事。
joke

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤half半開玩笑◇She was only half joking about being president one day.她只是半開玩笑地說有一天會當總統。➤around隨意說笑◇Everyone just joked around and enjoyed themselves.大家都只是隨意說笑，開心一下。➤lamely, weakly蹩腳地／怯怯地開玩笑➤good-naturedly, playfully善意地開玩笑；鬧着玩兒地打趣PREPOSITION➤about開⋯的玩笑◇We joked about the amount of equipment we had to carry.我們拿必須攜帶的設備數量開了個玩笑。➤with和⋯開玩笑◇She's always joking with her friends.她總是和朋友們開玩笑。PHRASES➤be only joking只是說着玩◇Don't worry, I'm only joking!別擔心，我只是在開玩笑！➤joking apart, joking aside (used to show you are now being serious after you have said sth funny) 說正經的➤laugh and joke說笑◇They laughed and joked as they walked along.他們一邊走一邊說笑。➤you must be joking, you've got to be joking (especially NAmE) 你一定是在開玩笑吧◇No way am I doing that. You must be joking!我絕不可能那樣做。你肯定是在開玩笑吧！
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joke

noun

joke ♦︎ quip ♦︎ prank ♦︎ pun ♦︎ gag ♦︎ one-liner ♦︎ wisecrackThese are all words for sth you say or do for fun or in order to make people laugh. 这些词均表示玩笑或恶作剧。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a joke / quip / gag / wisecrack about sb / sth◆to do sth as a joke / prank◆to make a joke / quip / pun / wisecrack◆to tell (sb) / crack a joke / gag◆to laugh at a joke / pun / gag■ joke [countable] something that you say or do to make people laugh, for example a funny story that you tell 笑话；玩笑◆I can't tell jokes.我不会讲笑话。◆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).但愿他别讲黄色玩笑。◆He's always playing practical jokes on people (= tricks that are played on people to make them look stupid and to make other people laugh).他总是搞恶作剧捉弄人。◆The trouble with Ruby is she can't take a joke (= she isn't able to laugh at a joke against herself).鲁比的问题在于她开不起玩笑。ⓘ A joke is often a story with a funny ending. The characters, events and even the words of the story are quite fixed, and it is passed around between people with few or no changes. The same is true of gag and sometimes one-liner below. The other words in this group describe more original remarks that you make as a reaction to a particular situation or what sb else has said. * joke通常指结尾好笑的故事，其中的角色、事件、甚至措辞都基本不变，在人们中间流传而少有改变，gag和某些时候的one-liner也是如此。本组同义词中的其他单词则指人们在某个场合或回应别人的话时讲的具有原创性的俏皮话。■ quip [countable] a clever and funny remark, especially one that is made quickly and without preparation （尤指即兴的）妙语，俏皮话◆The senator made several quips during the interview, which got the audience laughing.访谈过程中这位参议员说了些俏皮话，逗得观众哈哈大笑。■ prank [countable] a trick that is played on sb as a joke 玩笑；恶作剧◆It was just a childish prank－don't take it so seriously.这只是个幼稚的恶作剧，别当回事。◆a silly / stupid prank愚蠢的恶作剧◆a prank call / phone call恶作剧电话  see also trick ⇨ trick ■ pun [countable] the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same 双关语◆We're banking on them lending us the money－no pun intended!我们正指望(bank on)他们借钱给我们呢－bank绝无双关之意！ⓘ Instead of laughing, people often groan when they hear a pun. The phrases forgive the pun, excuse the pun and pardon the pun are used as a way of apologizing for making one (either by accident or on purpose). 人们听到pun常会抱怨而不是发笑，因此forgive the pun，excuse the pun和pardon the pun等短语便成了人们在有意无意使用了双关语后的道歉用语◆So you collect pins? But what's the point in that, if you'll forgive the pun?原来你收藏饰针(pin)呀？可这有什么用(point)呢？请原谅我的双关语。 ■ gag [countable] (informal) a joke or a funny story, especially one told by a professional comedian （尤指专业喜剧演员讲的）笑话，逗趣的话；插科打诨◆He was a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen.他是个逗笑不断的喜剧演员，讲起笑话来滔滔不绝。◆a running gag (= one that is regularly repeated during a performance) 重复出现的笑话桥段■ ˌone-ˈliner [countable] (informal) a joke or a funny remark that consists of a single sentence （只有一句话的）小笑话，俏皮话，风趣的话◆He came out with some good one-liners.他讲了几句很风趣的话。■ wisecrack [countable] (informal) a clever remark or joke, especially one which could upset or offend people （尤指使人不快或冒犯人的）俏皮话，风凉话◆He promised not to make any wisecracks during the dinner.他答应吃饭时不开玩笑。joke

verb

joke ♦︎ kid ♦︎ jest ♦︎ have sb on ♦︎ quip ♦︎ wisecrackThese verbs all mean to say sth to make people laugh, or to say sth that isn't true because you think it is funny. 这些动词均表示说笑话或开玩笑。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to joke / kid / jest / have sb on about sth◆I'm, she's, they were, etc. only / just joking / kidding / having you on◆You must be joking / kidding!◆You're joking / kidding / having me on!■ joke [intransitive] to say sth to make people laugh; to tell a funny story; to say sth that is not true because you think it is funny 说笑话；开玩笑；说着玩◆She was laughing and joking with the children.她正跟孩子们一起嘻嘻哈哈地说笑话。◆'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。◆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。◆No way am I doing that. You must be joking (= I can't believe you are serious)!我决不可能做那种事。你一定是开玩笑吧！■ kid (-dd-) [intransitive, transitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) (informal) to tell sb sth that is not true, especially as a joke 戏弄；开玩笑◆I thought he was kidding when he said he was going out with a rock star.他说他正跟一个摇滚歌星谈恋爱，我还以为他在开玩笑呢。◆I'm not kidding you. It does work.我不是哄你，这确实有效。  see also kid ⇨ mislead NOTE 辨析 Joke or kid?Both words can mean to say sth that is not true, as a joke. Both are usually used in the progressive tenses in this meaning. 这两个词都可表示开玩笑，通常都用于进行时◆Of course you don't have to work at weekends－I was only joking / kidding!你周末当然不用上班，我只是开个玩笑！◆Were you joking / kidding when you told him to leave?你叫他离开，是不是开玩笑呀？◆Did you joke/kid when you told him.... If you laugh and joke with sb about sth, you are having fun and not being serious. Kid cannot be used in this way, but the phrasal verb kid around can. * joke可用于短语laugh and joke，表示轻松地说笑；kid不能这样用，但短语动词kid around可以◆They were laughing and kidding around.他们正在一起嘻嘻哈哈地开玩笑。In general, kid is used more in spoken than written English, and more in American than British English. 总的来说，kid多用于口语和美式英语。 ■ jest [intransitive] (formal or humorous) to say things that are not serious or true, especially in order to make sb laugh 开玩笑；说笑话◆Would I jest about such a thing?这种事我会开玩笑吗？■ ˌhave sb ˈon

phrasal verb

(has, had, had) (usually used in progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) (especially BrE, informal) to try to make sb believe sth that is not true, usually as a joke 哄骗；戏弄◆You didn't really, did you? You're not having me on, are you?你没真那么做，对吧？你不是在哄我吧？■ quip (-pp-) [intransitive] to make a quick and clever remark that makes people laugh 讲俏皮话；打趣◆'Don't bank on it!' he quipped, when I asked him to be careful with the money.当我告诉他当心手里的钱时，他打趣说：“别指望借钱呀！”■ wisecrack [intransitive, transitive] (informal) to make clever remarks or jokes, especially ones that could upset or offend people 说俏皮话（尤指可能使人不快或冒犯人）◆In this movie, he plays a wisecracking detective.在这部影片中他扮演一个喜欢乱开玩笑的侦探。
BNC: 2533 COCA: 2246
joke
Jokes: joke, pun, innuendo...
Something that is annoying: annoyance, irritation, irritant...
To tell a joke or jokes: joke, tell, quip...
Words used to describe jokes: at someone's expense, close to home, cornball...

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