joke about
collocation拿……开玩笑
He joked about his mistake to lighten the mood.
他拿自己的错误开玩笑，以缓和气氛。
开玩笑
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开玩笑
To say or do something for amusement rather than seriously.
He likes to joke about his own mistakes.
他喜欢拿自己的错误开玩笑。
为逗乐而非认真地做或说
To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
为逗乐而友好地欺骗；戏弄
To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
joke
Base
原形
jokes
3rd person
第三人称单数
joking
-ing
现在分词
joked
Past
过去式
joked
Past participle
过去分词
He jokes about everything.
他总是开玩笑。
She joked with her friends.
她和朋友开了玩笑。
They are joking around.
他们正在开玩笑。
joke作为动词表示‘开玩笑’，是规则动词。
She joked that she would sleep all day on the weekend.
她开玩笑说她周末要睡一整天。
They were joking with each other during the break.
他们在休息时互相开玩笑。
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拿……开玩笑
He joked about his mistake to lighten the mood.
他拿自己的错误开玩笑，以缓和气氛。
跟……开玩笑
She enjoys joking with her friends after class.
她喜欢下课后跟朋友们开玩笑。
只是开玩笑
I was just joking; please don't be upset.
我只是开玩笑，请别生气。
闹着玩；瞎闹
The kids were joking around instead of doing homework.
孩子们在闹着玩，没在做作业。
开玩笑说……
He joked that he could eat a whole cake by himself.
他开玩笑说自己能独自吃掉一整块蛋糕。
不是闹着玩的；严重的事
The exams are no joke; you have to study hard.
这些考试可不是闹着玩的；你必须努力学习。
玩笑开到了某人自己身上；某人反而出丑
He tried to prank me, but in the end the joke was on him.
他想捉弄我，结果反而出丑的是他自己。
说笑话；讲玩笑
He always cracks a joke to lighten the mood.
他总是讲个笑话来缓和气氛。
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记忆联想：joke 像‘讲笑话’的开头 j 加 oke，开口讲笑话逗人，就是动词‘开玩笑、戏弄’，别当真。
语域：mixed 常见场景：casual conversation、playful teasing、light-hearted remarks 作动词时，基本义“开玩笑”比较中性，日常会话和书面叙述中都会用到；但“戏弄、逗弄”的用法多用于非正式场合，常见于朋友间的玩笑话。正式书面语中出现频率较低，比较常见于口语和轻松语境。
通常作不及物动词，后接介词about表示开玩笑的对象
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