joke
英 [d???k]
美[d?ok]
- n. 玩笑，笑話；笑柄
- vt. 開…的玩笑
- vi. 開玩笑
- n. (Joke)人名；(英)喬克；(塞)約凱
詞組搭配
be no joke
(informal)be a serious matter or difficult undertaking
(非正式)嚴(yán)肅的事；不輕松的事；困難的事
trying to shop with three children in tow is no joke.
要帶著三個孩子去買東西可不是件輕松的事。
get (或be) beyond a joke
(informal)become (or be) something that is serious or worrying
(非正式)（變成）嚴(yán)肅的事，令人擔(dān)心的事
this rain's getting beyond a joke.
這場雨越來越讓人擔(dān)心了。
make a joke of
laugh or be humorous about (something that is not funny in itself)
對（并不好笑的事）以笑（或幽默地）對待，一笑置之