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

kidkid2 ●●○ verb (kidded, kidding) informal

ETYMOLOGYkid²

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from ➔ KID¹

VERB TABLE

kid

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	kid
	he, she, it	kids
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	kidded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have kidded
	he, she, it	has kidded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had kidded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will kid
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have kidded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am kidding
	he, she, it	is kidding
	you, we, they	are kidding
Past	I, he, she, it	was kidding
	you, we, they	were kidding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been kidding
	he, she, it	has been kidding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been kidding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be kidding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been kidding

COLLOCATIONS► just kidding

“Did you really go to China?” “No, I’m just kidding.”

► You’re kidding

“A movie there costs $15.” “You’re kidding, right?”

► You’re kidding yourself

You’re kidding yourself if you think the test’s going to be easy.

1[intransitive, transitive] to say something that is not true, especially as a joke: You’ve got to be kidding me. “Did you really go to China?” “No, I’m just kidding.” “A movie there costs $15.” “You’re kidding, right?”2[transitive] to make jokes about someone, but not in an unpleasant way: kid somebody about something Uncle Gene always kids me about my long hair.3kid yourself to make yourself believe something that is not true or not likely: You’re kidding yourself if you think the test’s going to be easy.4no kidding spoken a)used when you do not completely believe someone, or are surprised by something that someone says: No kidding? You mean Becky’s actually going to Princeton? b)used to agree with what someone has said: “Man, physics class is hard!” “No kidding!”5I kid you not spoken humorous used to emphasize that you are telling the truth6who is somebody trying to kid? spoken informal used to say that no one believes what someone says: He claims he’s 29 – who is he trying to kid?—kidder noun [countable]—kidding noun [uncountable]kid around phrasal verb to behave in a silly way: Hey, don’t get mad! I was just kidding around.