joke

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/|/ˈd͡ʒɵ̞ʊ̯k/    /ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/|/ˈd͡ʒɔʊ̯k/|/ˈd͡ʒəʉ̯k/|/ˈd͡ʒɐ̝ʉ̯k/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An amusing story.
    — Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.
  2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
    — It was a joke!
  3. A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham. figuratively
    — Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
  4. Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected. figuratively
    — The final exam was a joke.
动词 v.
  1. To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. intransitive
    — I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
  2. To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with. intransitive
    — Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
  3. To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally. dated,transitive
    — to joke a comrade

词形变化

jokes plural jokes present,singular,third-person joking participle,present joked participle,past joked past

词源

词源 1
From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.
词源 2
From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.
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