Joke

a hoary old joke

老掉牙的笑话

Isobel, whose brother he was, had heard the joke before.

伊泽贝尔，就是他的兄弟，以前曾经听说过这个笑话。

You must be telling a joke. Is this actually happening?

你一定是在开玩笑。这真的在发生吗？

If I had your courage, Michael, I could joke about such things without hesitation.

要是我有你那样的勇气，迈克尔，我也能毫不犹豫地对这些事情开玩笑。

Neil did not mean to offend anybody with his joke .

尼尔开那个玩笑并非想冒犯谁。

Unfazed by honorable duels, the circumstances are now crossing the boundary of a mere joke.

“在荣誉对决中毫不畏惧，但当前形势正在超越单纯的玩笑界限。”

She often makes a joke about her appearance...

她经常拿自己的长相开玩笑。

Lighten up, Charlie. It was just a friendly joke.

放轻松，查理。这只是个善意的玩笑。

The police investigation was nothing but a joke, intentionally hiding the facts.

警方的调查只不过是个笑话，故意掩盖了事实。

Their lighthearted joke appeared innocent enough, but it failed to spark any laughter in me.

他们轻松的玩笑看似足够无辜，但未能在我心中激起一丝笑意。

a macabre tale/joke/ritual

令人毛骨悚然的故事 / 笑话 / 仪式

Giving a fire starter to an arsonist as a joke pushes the boundaries of ridiculousness.

把点火器当作玩笑交给纵火犯简直荒谬至极。

Come on, is spending 140 pounds on earbuds some kind of joke? That's absurd!

得了吧，花140英镑买耳机是开玩笑吗？太荒唐了！

The joke is too rude to repeat.

这个笑话太下流，不宜重复。

Giggling alongside Trevor, Lorna couldn't resist cracking a playful joke.

洛娜和特雷弗一起咯咯笑着，忍不住开了个调皮的玩笑。

You can't tell her that joke─she's much too prim and proper .

你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。

"It'd be such a sweet joke if you gave me equal affection," Vera quipped.

“要是你能同样爱我就好了，这玩笑可真好，”薇拉打趣道。

to make sport of (= to joke about) sb/sth

开某人 / 某事的玩笑

He completely missed the joke.

这个笑话他一点也没听懂。

The whole scenario is nothing but a ridiculous joke, both pathetic and farcical.

整个局面不过是个荒谬的笑话，既可怜又可悲。

Claus surpassed everyone in his ability to tell a dreadful joke.

克劳斯在讲糟糕笑话的能力上超过了所有人。

He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke.

他似乎是把整件事当成玩笑。

Taking a two-hour bus trip is no joke, is it?

乘坐两小时的公交车可不是开玩笑的，对吧？

He intended it as a joke.

他只想开个玩笑。

They were sharing a private joke.

他们讲着外人听不懂的笑话。

"To my dismay, the joke I played ended up turning against me this single time, which was anything but humorous," he confessed.

“他坦白说：‘令我沮丧的是，我开的这个玩笑仅此一次就反过来害了我自己，而且毫无趣味可言。’”

You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .

你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。

a naughty joke/word

下流的笑话；粗俗的字眼

He considered telling a joke about hunting rabbits but ultimately chose not to.

他考虑讲一个关于猎兔的玩笑，但最终决定不讲。

Simon, why can't you take a simple joke?" Curly inquired, his brow furrowed in disbelief. "Has your sense of humor completely vanished?

“西蒙，你怎么连个简单的玩笑都开不起？”柯利皱着眉头难以置信地问道。“你的幽默感彻底消失了吗？”