joke
单词辨析：
指为逗乐而开玩笑。
Calm down, I'm only joking.
别紧张，我只是开玩笑而已。
This is not a matter to joke about.
这个问题可不能拿来开玩笑。
指友善地打趣说笑。
The actress bantered with reporters.
那位女演员和记者们开起了玩笑。
They bantered with Bill on the subject of marriage.
他们拿婚姻问题逗比尔。
指通过告诉某人非真实的情况来戏弄他，通常用进行时。
Don't get mad, I was only kidding.
别生气，我只不过是开玩笑。
I thought he was kidding when he said he was going out with an actress.
他说他在与一位女演员谈恋爱，我还以为他在开玩笑呢。
指揶揄某人，或是善意的，或是为了让其生气或难堪。
It's not polite to tease the disabled.
取笑残疾人是不礼貌的。
They used to tease her about her hair.
他们过去常常取笑她的头发。
相关例句：
That's only a joke.
那只不过是句玩笑话。
No one told worse jokes than Claus.
克劳斯讲的笑话糟糕透了。
His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke
他的朋友们说，以前他讲笑话总是张嘴就来。
'For once,' he said, 'the joke's on me. And it's not very funny.'
“他说：“这一次玩笑反而开到自己身上来了。这一点儿也不好玩。”
'Well, a beautiful spring Thursday would probably be a nice day to be buried on,' Nancy joked.
“嗯，一个美丽的春天的周四可能是个下葬的好日子。”南希开玩笑说。
I'm not afraid of a fair fight but this is beginning to get beyond a joke.
“我不怕公平地打上一架，但是这玩笑有点儿开过头了。”