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joke
常考释义
The joke comes over the headphones: ‘Which side of a dog has the most hair? The left.’
听筒里传来了笑话：“狗的哪边毛更多？左边”。
来源于：剑雅5-Test2n. beyond a joke：并非戏言；超出开玩笑的限度
The flashy display of wealth by this couple has gone beyond a joke.
这对夫妇的庸俗的炫富行为有些过火了。
I'm not afraid of a fair fight but this is beginning to get beyond a joke.
我不怕公平竞争，但是这有些过头了。
n. cannot take a joke：经不起开玩笑
He has no sense of humour and cannot take a joke.
他没有幽默感，开不起玩笑。
What's the matter with you? Can you not take a joke?
你怎么回事啊？开不起玩笑吗？
n. the joke is on sb：出丑的反而是某人
`For once,' he said, `the joke's on me. And it's not very funny.'
他说：“这一次玩笑反而开到我自己身上来了。这可不怎么好玩。”
n. to be no joke：不是轻而易举的事；不是闹着玩儿的
Two hours on a bus is no joke.
坐两个小时公交车可不是闹着玩儿的。
n. to make a joke of sth：对…一笑了之
I tried to make a joke of the incident.
我试着对这件事一笑了之。
n. 玩笑；恶作剧
He claimed his stunt was just a joke that backfired.
他说自己的特技表演只不过是一个出了岔子的玩笑。
It was probably just a joke to them, but it wasn't funny to me.
这对他们来说可能只是一个玩笑，但对我来说一点也不好笑。
Every April the first he would play a different joke on us.
每年四月一号他都会对我们搞不同的恶作剧。
n. 笑柄；笑料
My photography skills are a joke.
我的摄影技术简直让人笑话。
n. 笑话
Did you hear the joke about the giraffe with a sore throat?
你听过那个长颈鹿嗓子疼的笑话吗？
He debated whether to make a joke about shooting rabbits, but decided against it.
他考虑是否要说个关于猎兔子的笑话，但还是决定不说了。
No one told worse jokes than Claus.
谁讲的笑话都没有克劳斯的糟糕。
n. 荒唐的人（或事物）；笑话
The guy is an absolute joke.
这家伙就是个彻头彻尾的笑话。
The police investigation was a joke. A total cover-up.
警方调查就是荒唐事，完全是为了掩盖罪行。
n. 荒唐（或可笑）的情形
It is a joke of genetics that clever women are more likely to have children of average intelligence than children of their own intelligence.
聪明女人更有可能生下智力平常而非与其智力相当的孩子，这真是一个遗传学的笑话。
vi. 说笑话；开玩笑
Don't get defensive, Charlie. I was only joking.
别较真，查利。我只是开玩笑。
Lorna was laughing and joking with Trevor.
洛娜边笑边和特雷弗打趣。
She would joke about her appearance.
她会拿她的外表开玩笑。
They never joked about sex in front of the children.
他们从不在孩子面前说黄色笑话。
vt. you're joking;you must be joking;you've got to be joking：你一定是在开玩笑吧
One hundred and forty quid for a pair of headphones. You've got to be joking!
140英镑买副耳机，你是在开玩笑吧！
vt. 开…的玩笑；取笑；戏弄
Ben joked him about it.
本拿这件事戏弄他。
vt. （开玩笑地）说
`I wish you made as much fuss of me,' Vera joked.
“我希望你也能为我这么大惊小怪。”维拉开玩笑地说。
`Well, a beautiful spring Thursday would probably be a nice day to be buried on,' Nancy joked.
“嗯，美丽春天的一个星期四倒是一个下葬的好日子。”南希开玩笑说。
The project was taking so long that Stephen joked that it would never be finished.
项目花费的时间特别长，斯蒂芬开玩笑说大概永远也结不了项了。
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