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/dʒɑːʃ/ · /dʒɒʃ/
To gently tease someone or make jokes with them in a friendly way, not to hurt them.
開玩笑 / 逗弄
過去式 joshed過去分詞 joshed-ing joshing三單 joshes
核心畫面
One way to picture josh: poking fun at someone while smiling — the joke is meant to include them, not to sting. It is a warm, old-fashioned word; you are more likely to meet it in older books and films than in today's conversation.
可以想成 josh 是笑著逗一個人:玩笑是要把他拉進來一起笑,不是要刺他。這個字帶著善意,但已經有點年代感,現在比較…更多收起
可以想成 josh 是笑著逗一個人:玩笑是要把他拉進來一起笑,不是要刺他。這個字帶著善意,但已經有點年代感,現在比較容易在舊小說和老電影裡遇到,日常對話少用。原始詞典資料5 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。
Joshname/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ/
- 1
A diminutive of the male given name Joshua.
- Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren are teaming up on a bill that targets pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as the health care industry faces growing scrutiny following last week's shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
- 2
A city mentioned in the Book of Mormon.
joshnoun
- 1
An instance of good-natured banter.
joshverb
- 1
To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
- "My dear Polly. I welcome criticism, but this is mere——" Lady Wetherby stroked his coat sleeve fondly. "Never mind, Algie, I was only joshing you, precious.[…]"
- 2
To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
- We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him.
- “Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—”
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。