joke

joke /dʤouk/
  • danh từ
    • lời nói đùa, câu nói đùa
      • to crack a joke: nói đùa một câu
      • to play a joke on someone: đùa nghịch trêu chọc ai
      • to know how to take a joke: biết nghe nói đùa, không để tâm giận lời nói đùa
      • a practical joke: trò đùa ác ý, trò chơi khăm
    • trò cười (cho thiên hạ)
    • chuyện đùa; chuyện buồn cười, chuyện lố bịch; trường hợp xảy ra buồn cười
      • it is no joke: không phải là chuyện đùa
      • the joke is that: điều buồn cười là
  • động từ
    • nói đùa
    • đùa bỡn, giễu cợt; trêu chòng

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): joke, joker, joke, joky/jokey, jokingly

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): joke, joker, joke, joky/jokey, jokingly

Xem thêm: gag, laugh, jest, jape, jest, jocularity, antic, prank, trick, caper, put-on, jest, jest



joke

Từ điển Collocation

joke noun

ADJ. funny, good | old That's an old joke?I've heard it lots of times. | cruel, sick | huge | dirty

VERB + JOKE crack, make, tell He's marvellous at telling jokes. | play He's always playing jokes on people. | have, share She likes to have a joke with her employees. | hear | get, laugh at We all fell about laughing, but he didn't get the joke. | take The trouble is she can't take a joke. | treat sth as He treated his exams as a huge joke.

JOKE + VERB fall flat The audience weren't very responsive and the jokes fell a bit flat. | be on sb I thought I'd play a trick on them, but in the end the joke was on me.

PREP. as a ~ It was only said as a joke. | ~ about Have you heard the joke about the elephant and the mouse?

PHRASES make a joke of sth We tried to make a joke of our situation, but it wasn't really funny.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; gag, laugh, jest, jape

    he told a very funny joke

    he knows a million gags

    thanks for the laugh

    he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest

    even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point

  • activity characterized by good humor; jest, jocularity
  • a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement; antic, prank, trick, caper, put-on
  • a triviality not to be taken seriously

    I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke

    v.

  • tell a joke; speak humorously; jest

    He often jokes even when he appears serious

  • act in a funny or teasing way; jest

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

jokes|joked|joking
syn.: banter jest quip tease