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| | to say things that are intended to make people laugh 说笑话；开玩笑 | +with Jill was laughing and joking with the customers in her shop. 吉尔和店里的顾客谈笑风生。 | | +about You shouldn’ t joke about such serious things. 你不应该把这么严肃的事情拿来开玩笑。 | | +that Helen joked that she would now be irresistible to men. 海伦开玩笑说现在男人无法抗拒她的魅力。 | |
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| - | be joking
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| to say something that is not true , to see if someone will believe you , so that you can laugh about it |
| 开玩笑 |
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| I thought he was joking when he said he’ d resigned. 他说他已经辞职时我还以为他是在开玩笑呢。 |
| No, really, I’ m not joking! 不，真的，我不是在开玩笑！ |
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| - | (all) joking aside/apart spoken
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| used before you say something serious after you have been saying something that was intended to be funny |
| 说正经的；言归正传 |
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| Joking aside, she’ s a great actor. 说正经的，她是个很棒的演员。 |
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| - | only/just joking spoken
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| used for saying that what you have just said is not really true |
| 只是开个玩笑 |
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| I’ ve lost your car keys. Only joking, they’ re in my pocket. 我把你的汽车钥匙弄丢了。只是开个玩笑，在我口袋里呢。 |
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| - | you’ re joking
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| used for saying that you cannot believe someone really means what they have just said because it seems so surprising or silly |
| 你（一定）是在开玩笑吧 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| jokingly adv |
| Half jokingly, Clare took on the role of teacher. 克莱尔半开玩笑地扮起老师来。 |
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