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josh + someone
He joshed his younger brother about his new haircut.
他戏弄他弟弟的新发型。
开玩笑；戏弄；说笑
joshes — third person singular of josh
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
开玩笑；戏弄；说笑
to tease or joke with someone in a friendly way
He joshed his younger brother about his new haircut.
他戏弄他弟弟的新发型。
友好地戏弄某人
To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
开或交换善意的玩笑
To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
josh
Base
原形
joshes
3rd person
第三人称单数
joshing
-ing
现在分词
joshed
Past
过去式
joshed
Past participle
过去分词
He joshes his friends.
他戏弄他的朋友。
They are joshing each other.
他们在互相开玩笑。
She joshed him yesterday.
她昨天戏弄了他。
He has joshed many times.
他戏弄过很多次。
My brother likes to josh me about my cooking, but he always eats everything.
我哥哥喜欢拿我的厨艺开玩笑，但他总会把东西都吃光。
Even when the coach joshed the players after practice, they knew he was proud of them.
即使教练在训练后拿队员开玩笑，他们也知道他为他们感到骄傲。
We were joshing each other about our terrible dance moves at the party.
我们在聚会上拿自己糟糕的舞步互相说笑。
He joshed his younger brother about his new haircut.
他戏弄他弟弟的新发型。
They joshed about the terrible weather.
他们拿糟糕的天气开玩笑。
She joshed with her colleagues during lunch.
她午餐时和同事们说笑。
Not this
He joshed yesterday.
Use this
He joshed me yesterday.
josh作为及物动词时，后需接宾语表示戏弄的对象，单独使用缺少宾语。
Not this
I like to have a josh with friends.
Use this
I like to josh with friends.
josh作名词通常不可数，且不用于'have a + 名词'结构；应使用动词形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
善意的玩笑
The good-natured joshing between the brothers was a sign of affection.
兄弟之间善意的玩笑是亲情的表现。
只是开玩笑
Don't worry, I'm just joshing.
别担心，我只是开玩笑。
闹着玩；互相打趣
The teammates were joshing around before practice.
队友们在训练前互相打趣。
Use joshes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.