| 释义 |
crack a joke crack a jokeTo say something funny; to tell a joke. The teacher scolded me for cracking a joke in the middle of class.See also: crack, jokecrack a joketo tell a joke. She's never serious. She's always cracking jokes. Every time Tom cracked a joke, his buddies broke up laughing.See also: crack, jokecrack a jokeMake a joke, say something humorous, as in You can count on Grandpa to crack a joke on every occasion. This expression uses the verb to crack in the now obsolete sense of "briskly pronounce" or "boast." [Early 1700s] See also: crack, jokecrack a ˈjoke tell a joke: He’s always cracking jokes in class.See also: crack, joke |