| 单词 | joke |
| 释义 | joke (once / 145 pages) nv A joke is a funny story or line that's meant to make people laugh. When you're good at telling jokes, you're the life of the party (and you're probably not telling knock-knock jokes). Many jokes have a "punch line," the part that either makes your listeners guffaw or groan, depending on how funny it is. The rest of the joke leads up to this climax. Another kind of joke is the "practical" sort, a prank, gag, or trick you play on someone. In the 1660s the word was spelled joque and was considered slang. It comes from the Latin root iocus, "joke, sport, or pastime." WORD FAMILYjoke: joked, joker, jokes, jokester, joking+/joker: jokers/jokester: jokesters/joking: jokingly USAGE EXAMPLESLet’s not joke over such a serious matter. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) There’s a chance she’s just in it for the dolphin jokes, though: “I dolphin-itely want to see you inside.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) “He be using them S.A.T. words, talking about Sophocles,” a third joked. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter he told a very funny joke Syn|Hypo|Hyper gag, jape, jest, 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 2n activity characterized by good humor Syn|Hypo|Hyper jest, jocularity drollery, waggery a quaint and amusing jest leg-pull, leg-pullingas a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true pleasantryan agreeable or amusing remark diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 3n a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement Syn|Hypo|Hyper antic, caper, prank, put-on, trick dirty trick an unkind or aggressive trick practical jokea prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish) April foola practical joke or trick played on the first day of April hotfoota practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it raga boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) snipe huntan elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 4n a triviality not to be taken seriously I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke Hyper pettiness, puniness, slightness, triviality the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous 5v tell a joke; speak humorously He often jokes even when he appears serious Syn|Hypo|Hyper jest gag, quip make jokes or quips fool, fool around, horse aroundindulge in horseplay punmake a play on words communicate, intercommunicate transmit thoughts or feelings 6v act in a funny or teasing way Syn|Hypo|Hyper jest antic, clown, clown around act as or like a clown act, behave, do behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself |
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