Word · Frequency #10956
josh
开玩笑；戏弄；说笑
to tease or joke with someone in a friendly way
- 1.
To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
友好地戏弄某人
- 2.
To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
开或交换善意的玩笑
友好地戏弄某人；开或交换善意的玩笑；戏弄；说笑
In use
My brother likes to josh me about my cooking, but he always eats everything.
Even when the coach joshed the players after practice, they knew he was proud of them.
We were joshing each other about our terrible dance moves at the party.
josh + someone
He joshed his younger brother about his new haircut.
他戏弄他弟弟的新发型。
josh + about + something
They joshed about the terrible weather.
他们拿糟糕的天气开玩笑。
josh + with + someone
Connections
Collocations
- just joshing
- 只是在开玩笑
- Don't take it seriously—I'm just joshing.别当真，我只是在开玩笑。
- josh someone about something
- 拿某事跟某人打趣
- They joshed him about his new haircut.他们拿他的新发型打趣他。
- josh around
- 闹着玩；一起开玩笑
- We spent the afternoon joshing around in the park.我们在公园里闹着玩了一下午。
- joshing aside
- 玩笑归玩笑；说正经的
- Joshing aside, we really need to fix this problem.玩笑归玩笑，我们真的需要解决这个问题。
- josh with someone
- 和某人开玩笑
- He enjoys joshing with his teammates before practice.他喜欢在训练前和队友开玩笑。
- good-natured joshing
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：josh 很像 joke，表示开善意玩笑；也可联想英文名 Josh 爱逗朋友玩，都是无恶意的调侃。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友间闲聊、轻松的同事互动 josh 通常用于非正式场合，指友好地打趣或开玩笑，比较常见于朋友或熟人之间。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the same stressed vowel and final consonant as 'josh' (/ɒʃ/) rhyme with it: gosh, posh, slosh, mosh. Note that 'squash' and 'wash' also rhyme in British English, but their spelling ends in 'ash', not 'osh' — a useful lookalike to watch for. 'Joust' (/dʒaʊst/) is a spelling lookalike but sounds completely different.
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