喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture a joke as the small thing you say or do on purpose to make people laugh — a short funny story, a playful trick — a little burst of fun that everyone is invited to enjoy together.

可以把 joke 想成你「故意說出來或做出來、為了逗大家笑」的那個小東西：一則短短的好笑故事、一個鬧著玩的把戲。它的…更多收起可以把 joke 想成你「故意說出來或做出來、為了逗大家笑」的那個小東西：一則短短的好笑故事、一個鬧著玩的把戲。它的核心畫面比較像一陣大家一起分享的小小樂趣，重點是「不當真、為了笑」。後面所有用法，幾乎都圍著「這件事是不是還在『好玩、不當真』的範圍裡」打轉。

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

jokenoun/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/

  • 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.

    • Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
    • The president was a joke.
  • 4

    Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.

    • The final exam was a joke.

jokeverb/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/

  • 1

    To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

    • 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.

    • Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
  • 3

    datedTo make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

    • to joke a comrade
    • He made more than one visit to Oxbridge, where the young fellows were amused by entertaining the old gentleman, and gave parties and breakfasts and fêtes, partly to joke him and partly to do him honour.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。