Word · Frequency #35517
jape
/dʒeip/
noun
玩笑；笑话；戏言
a humorous story or remark that is meant to make people laugh
- 1.
A joke or quip.
笑话或俏皮话
- 2.
A prank or trick.
恶作剧或戏弄
笑话或俏皮话；恶作剧或戏弄；戏言；笑料；嘲弄
In use
His comment was just a harmless jape, not a serious criticism.
She told a jape at the party that made everyone laugh.
The newspaper column was full of witty japes about local politics.
a jape about + noun
He told a jape about a lawyer.
他讲了个关于律师的笑话。
make a jape
常用搭配
Don't make a jape at her mistake.
别拿她的错误开玩笑。
jape at + noun
jape at 为不及物动词短语
They often jape at each other.
他们经常互相嘲弄。
Common mistakes
He japed about the incident.He joked about the incident.
将'jape'用作动词表示'开玩笑'在现代英语中极为罕见且过时，应使用常用动词'joke'。注意，'jape'作为动词仅在文学或古语中使用，日常交流中应避免。
He told funny jape.He told a funny jape.
名词'jape'是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词'a'或'an'；中文学习者常因母语缺乏冠词系统而遗漏冠词。
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Learner notes
Grammar Note
常作复数
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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