英语词汇“irish joke”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Irish joke n. (a) = Irish bull n. (now rare and likely to be considered offensive); (b) (now chiefly) a joke making fun of Irish people, typically portraying them derogatorily as slow-witted or unsophisticated.

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1812 J. Ferriar Illustr. of Sterne (ed. 2) I. iii. 79 Most of the stories, commonly quoted as such [sc. Irish bulls], are either of Greek, or French origin. The Αζεíα of Hierocles contain many of those blunders, which are reckoned standard Irish jokes.

1845 Irish Lit. Messenger Feb. 111/2 Both gentleman laughed loudly at the Irish joke.

1940 E. O. Harbin Fun Encycl. xvii. 652 Every member of the family is asked to tell the Irish joke he has brought to the party.

1975 Fortnight 19 Dec. 6/1 Until recently Irish jokes tended to fall into several distinct categories... Irishmen themselves told many of them... One favourite kind was what has become known as ‘Irish bull’.

2009 Express (Nexis) 24 Feb. 27 30 BT staff suspended for emailing Irish joke... The round-robin message passed on by workers involved a ‘harmless’ quip about three Irishmen leaping off a cliff.

单词	irish joke
释义	> as lemmas Irish joke Irish joke n. (a) = Irish bull n. (now rare and likely to be considered offensive); (b) (now chiefly) a joke making fun of Irish people, typically portraying them derogatorily as slow-witted or unsophisticated. ΚΠ 1812 J. Ferriar Illustr. of Sterne (ed. 2) I. iii. 79 Most of the stories, commonly quoted as such [sc. Irish bulls], are either of Greek, or French origin. The Αζεíα of Hierocles contain many of those blunders, which are reckoned standard Irish jokes. 1845 Irish Lit. Messenger Feb. 111/2 Both gentleman laughed loudly at the Irish joke. 1940 E. O. Harbin Fun Encycl. xvii. 652 Every member of the family is asked to tell the Irish joke he has brought to the party. 1975 Fortnight 19 Dec. 6/1 Until recently Irish jokes tended to fall into several distinct categories... Irishmen themselves told many of them... One favourite kind was what has become known as ‘Irish bull’. 2009 Express (Nexis) 24 Feb. 27 30 BT staff suspended for emailing Irish joke... The round-robin message passed on by workers involved a ‘harmless’ quip about three Irishmen leaping off a cliff. extracted from Irishadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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