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joke AMUSINGHdVEJk, $dVoJkn [C]something, such as an amusing story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh笑话;玩笑Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?我对你讲小鸡过马路的笑话了吗?She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling witty stories.她一晚上都在说笑话，讲诙谐故事。She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.她跟他开玩笑，把他的鞋带系在了一起。I hope Rob doesn't tell any dirty jokes (= offensive jokes about sex) at the party, because my grandmother's going to be there.我希望罗布别在晚会上讲下流笑话，因为我奶奶要去。He tried to do a comedy routine for the end of term concert, but all his jokes fell flat (= no one laughed at them).他想照例在学期音乐会结束时表演喜剧，可是反应平平。He doesn't have much of a sense of humour and rarely gets (= understands) jokes.他没什么幽默感，几乎听不懂笑话。I tried explaining the joke to my German friends but I think it was lost on them (= they did not understand it).我试图向德国朋友解释这个笑话，可我觉得他们没听懂。They decided to play a joke on their father by hiding his reading glasses.他们决定把父亲的眼镜藏起来和他开个玩笑。If you say that someone can't take a joke, they get annoyed when someone says something amusing about them or plays a trick on them.开不起玩笑I thought Debbie would've laughed when she saw that photo of her on the noticeboard, but she just can't take a joke.我原以为戴比看见她在布告栏上的照片会笑，可她却生气了。If something is getting/has gone beyond a joke, it has become rather annoying or worrying.超出开玩笑的界限Every time Russell borrows my bicycle he forgets to return it, and it's getting beyond a joke.拉塞尔每次借了我的自行车总忘记还，这很叫人生气。If you make a joke of something, you laugh at it although it is serious or important.拿…开玩笑He tried to make a joke of the fact that he hadn't been chosen for the college football team.他想拿自己没入选校足球队这件事开玩笑。(infml) If you say that something is no joke, you mean that it is not amusing or that it is very difficult.严肃认真的事;不是轻而易举的事Carrying that heavy suitcase up all those steps was no joke.扛着那个沉重的衣箱爬上这么些楼梯可不是轻而易举的事。(infml) If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have tried to make someone else look foolish but have made themselves look foolish instead.戏弄别人反而戏弄到自己头上
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