joke 釋義：笑話;荒唐可笑的人;笑料;笑柄；說笑話;開玩笑;鬧著玩;說著玩。
音標：英 [dʒəʊk] 美 [dʒoʊk]。
jest 釋義：笑話。
音標：英 [dʒest] 美 [dʒest]。
jape 釋義：戲弄;惡作劇;玩笑。
音標：英 [dʒeɪp] 美 [dʒeɪp]。
笑話用英語怎麼說例句：
1、he debated whether to make a joke about shooting rabbits,but decided against it
他心裡琢磨是否該開個有關打兔子的玩笑，但決定還是算了。
2、she would joke about her appearance
她會拿自己的長相開玩笑。
3、it was probably just a joke to them,but it wasn't funny to me
對他們而言，那可能僅僅是個惡作劇，但對我來說，它一點也不好笑。
4、don't get defensive,charlie.i was only joking
別這麼大戒心，查理。我只不過是開開玩笑。
5、it's ridiculous,it's pathetic,it's a joke
這真荒謬，簡直是可悲、可笑。
6、it was a jest rather than a reproach
這與其說是責備，還不如說是句玩笑呢？
7、he enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies
他喜歡和老朋友喝喝酒、開開玩笑。
8、the men talk as cheerfully as ever;jests are bandied about freely
男人們像往常一樣高興地聊著，彼此間隨意開著玩笑。
9、a newspaper half jested:had alcohol not already killed him,this would surely drive him to drink
一份報紙半開玩笑地寫道：要不是喝酒已經要了他的命，這肯定會讓他想要喝上一杯。
10、no one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest
誰都不知道他是認真的還是在開玩笑。
11、your experiments are aided by jape,which can operate as both inquisitor and oracle
你的實驗被幫助透過說笑話，作為能審問官和神諭所。
12、pretending to jumjp from a hotel roof was another jape that went wrong when the parachute didn't open
當降落傘沒有打開，假裝從旅館樓頂上跳下來是又一個出了問題的玩笑。
13、that jape did not please brown ben
這個笑話沒有取悅布朗·本。
14、jape helps,as far as arithmetic allows
取笑幫助，就算術而言允許。