基本信息名詞 n. [C]1. 玩笑，戲謔：You have taken my little joke too much to heart.你把我的小玩笑太當(dāng)真了。2. 笑柄，笑料：He's the joke of the whole village.他是全村的笑柄。3. 無需認(rèn)真對(duì)待的事情；輕松的事；容易的事：Being cold and hungry is no joke.饑寒交迫可不是鬧著玩的。不及物動(dòng)詞 vi.1. 開玩笑[ - +about/with]：I'm only joking.我只是開玩笑而已。及物動(dòng)詞 vt.1. 開…的玩笑,戲弄。

用法

1.用作動(dòng)詞，是不及物動(dòng)詞；若表示跟某人開玩笑或拿某事開玩笑，分別用介詞 with（后接人）或about（后接事物）。2.joke偶爾還可用作及物動(dòng)詞,這時(shí)可接賓語(yǔ)從句。3.用作名詞時(shí)，注意它與動(dòng)詞的常見搭配：表示講笑話，通常用動(dòng)詞tell或make；表示開某人的玩笑或戲弄某人，通常用動(dòng)詞play；表示經(jīng)得起開干玩笑，通常用動(dòng)詞take；表示理解其中的可笑之處，用動(dòng)詞see。4.joke with sb 和某人開玩笑; joke about sth 拿某事開玩笑;joke with sb about sth 拿某事和某人開玩笑；You must be〔have got to be〕 你一定是 - 在開玩笑。

Genericmeaning

Jokes have a generic meaning of verbal humor, including one-liners,riddles, and other things that make us laugh;

but the joke is also a form, a funny, made-up story with a punchline told by one person.

Formofstory

A joke 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 a form 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 are established over time, these elements are often compressed into as little as a single sentence in a joke.