| 单词 | jape |
| 释义 | jape (once / 31519 pages) n A jape is a joke. The highlight of your family get-togethers might be your funny uncle's japes. You can tell a jape, or play a jape — or a practical joke — on someone. An older sister might tell her little brother, "I'm not interested in your silly childish japes" when he shows her his whoopie cushion, for example. You could also say that you love your annual holiday party at work, because instead of the usual stress, it's all laughing and japes. The word jape most likely comes from the Old French verb japer, "to howl, bawl, or scream." WORD FAMILYjape: japes USAGE EXAMPLESSo Trip taught me how to jape and tumble. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) University departments across the country have been getting in on the April Fool’s day japes. The Guardian(Apr 01, 2016) The japes, of course, are key, especially if you work in an office with the right sort. The Guardian(Mar 20, 2016) n a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point Syn|Hypo|Hyper gag, jest, joke, laugh belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow a joke that seems extremely funny blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-linera one-line joke shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick jokea joke in bad taste sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
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