joke

名词 n. [C]

1. 玩笑,戏谑

You have taken my little joke too much to heart.

你把我的小玩笑太当真了。

2. 笑柄,笑料

He's the joke of the whole village.

他是全村的笑柄。

3. 无需认真对待的事情;轻松的事;容易的事

Being cold and hungry is no joke.

饥寒交迫可不是闹着玩的。

不及物动词 vi.

1. 开玩笑[(+about/with)]

I'm only joking.

我只是开玩笑而已。

及物动词 vt.

1. 开...的玩笑,戏弄

Jokes have a generic meaning of verbal humor, including one-liners,riddles, and other things that make us laugh; but the joke is also aform, a funny, made-up story with a punchline told by one person. Ajoke is distinguished from an anecdote, which may be a funny story andhave a punchline, but is about a real or true incident. Because it is aform of story, the joke has some of the attributes of a story, such asa beginning, middle, and end. The beginning is the set-up for the joke.While the setting, mood, and tone of, say, a short story or novel areestablished over time, these elements are often compressed into aslittle as a single sentence in a joke.