kid
单词辨析：
指孩童，常可与 child 换用。
He is married with two kids/children.
他已婚，有两个孩子。
Her kids/children are playing football.
她的娃娃们在踢足球。
相比 kid 而言较为正式，通常指 14 岁以下的儿童。
How many children do you have?
你有几个孩子？
There are many gifted children in her class.
她班上有很多颇有天赋的孩子。
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。
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I think he's a rather mixed up kid
我认为他是一个思想有障碍的孩子。
I could kid myself that you did this for me, but it would be a lie.
我可以欺骗自己你这样做是为了我，但那终究是谎言。
He used to kid me about being chubby.
他过去常取笑我胖。
One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky.
一个小孩鬼鬼祟祟地在干什么事情的时候，通常另一个小孩可以判断出来。
A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him
曾和我很要好的一个小孩听人说我一直在辱骂他以后就和我翻脸了。
'He's a mild inoffensive man isn't he? — Oh you've gotta be kidding.'
“他是个温和、没有恶意的人，不是吗？”——“啊，你不是开玩笑吧。”