joke

Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?

我跟你讲过小鸡过马路的笑话吗？

She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories.

她一晚上都在说笑话，讲逗乐的故事。

She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.

她跟他开玩笑，把他的鞋带系在了一起。

I hope Rob doesn't tell any of his dirty jokes (= jokes about sex) when my mother's here.

我希望我母亲在场时罗布不要讲黄色笑话。

He tried to do a comedy routine, but all his jokes fell flat (= no one laughed at them).

他试着演一个搞笑节目，但他的笑话都不好笑。

Don't you get (= understand) the joke?

你没听懂这个笑话吗？

Our new teacher's a joke – he can't even control the class.

我们的新老师有点儿荒唐可笑——他连课堂都控制不了。

The new software is a complete joke – it keeps crashing.

这个新软件真让人笑掉大牙——总是不断地出毛病。

The test was a joke (= was very easy) – everyone finished in less than an hour.

考试容易极了——大家不到一个小时就做完了。

They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos.

他们看着照片，边开玩笑边大笑。

It's more serious than you think, so please don't joke about it.

这比你想象的严重，请不要再对此开玩笑了。

“I didn't expect to be out so soon“, he joked, after spending nine months in hospital.

“我没想到能这么快出院，”他9个月后出院时开玩笑地说道。

I thought he was joking when he said Helen was pregnant, but she really is.

他说海伦怀孕时我以为他在开玩笑，但她确实怀孕了。

She wasn't joking (= she was serious) when she said she was going to move out of the house.

她说本周末将搬出这幢房子是认真的。