joke

A Pragmatic and Cognitive Account of Banter in Literary Works;

文学作品中玩笑话语的认知语用研究

A teasing or joking remark.

玩笑话逗趣或开玩笑的话

She kept interrupting our discussion with facetious remarks.

她不断用开玩笑的话干扰我们的讨论.

That's just a joke."

这不过是一句开玩笑的话。”

I just made a joke without thinking. Please don't take it to heart.

刚才我随口说了句开玩笑的话，你千万别介意。

I'm not saying it in fun.

我讲这话不是开玩笑的。

He said it in jest.

他说这话是开玩笑的。

She said this in a joke.

她说这话是开玩笑的。

One who tells or plays jokes;a joker.

逗乐的人讲笑话或开玩笑的人

a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes.

喜欢讲笑话或开玩笑的人。

One who tells or plays jokes.

逗乐者讲笑话或开玩笑的人

Some joker keeps calling up just to say,

“有个爱开玩笑的人不停地打电话来说：

If you make a jest, you must take a jest.

爱开玩笑的人,也要经得住别人开玩笑.

To tell(a joke), especially on impulse or in an effective manner.

开玩笑尤指机智并有效地说（笑话）

If I may say so, this is not something to joke about .

如果我可以这么说的话，这不是可以开玩笑的事。

Don't take her words to heart too much, she was only joking.

不要把她的话太当真，她不过是开玩笑罢了。

Don't take what he said too seriously. He was only joking with you

别对他说的话太认真了。他只是和你开个玩笑。

Her words did make him a little crazy. He thought it was a big joke.

她的话把他吓坏了，他说这玩笑开得太大。

The discussion was brisk; there was no time for either banter or formalistic positions.

讨论是紧凑的，没有时间开玩笑或者说空话。