jape

英 [dʒeɪp] 美 [dʒeɪp]

• v. 戏言；笑料；嘲弄

英英释义

Noun:

1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

   "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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point.
   即使一个小男生的戏言也可能有一些真义。
2. He became the public jape in school, because he overreached when imitating others.
   他因画虎类犬在学校成了众人的笑料。

经典引文

• For Nik Kershaw..the hardships of army life are a jolly jape.

  出自：Sunday Express

近反义词

【近义词】

• jest 说笑
• joke 笑话
• prank 开玩笑
• trick 诡计
• practical joke 恶作剧
• windup 终结
• mess around 浪费时间
• lark about 鬼混胡闹, 行为不负责任...
• fool around 闲荡
• mess about 闲逛
• josh <口>说笑
• set up 建立
• fool about 虚度光阴
• wind up 以...告终
• gag 箝口物
• laugh 发笑