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*joke¹ /dʒok; dʒəʊk/
n
1 [C] something funny that you say or do to make people laugh 笑话，玩笑:
Don't get mad — it's only a joke. 别生气，只不过开个玩笑。
tell a joke (=tell a short funny story) 讲笑话: Ed loves telling jokes. 埃德爱讲笑话。
take a joke (=be able to laugh at a joke about yourself) 开得起玩笑: Come on — can't you take a joke? 行了，难道你就开不起玩笑吗？
get/see the joke (=understand why a joke is funny) 明白笑话的好笑之处
play a joke on sb (=trick someone to make people laugh) 跟某人开玩笑，戏弄某人
2 [singular 单数] informal a situation that is so silly or unreasonable that it makes you angry 【非正式】 〔令人生气的〕荒唐可笑的事:
Those meetings are a joke! 那些会议简直太可笑！
3 make a joke (out) of sth to treat something serious as if it were funny 拿〔严肃的事〕开玩笑
4 be no joke used to emphasize that a situation is serious or difficult 可不是开玩笑的事〔用来强调情况严重或困难〕:
Looking after three kids on your own is no joke. 独自一人要照看三个小孩绝不是开玩笑的事。
5 get beyond a joke to become serious and worrying 不是闹着玩的，严肃的:
I haven't heard from her for weeks — it's getting beyond a joke. 我已经几个星期没有她的消息，这可不是闹着玩的事了。
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