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
joshing — present participle of josh
友好地戏弄某人；开或交换善意的玩笑
to tease or joke with someone in a friendly way
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.
一般现在时
He joshes his friends.
他戏弄他的朋友。
present participle
They are joshing each other.
他们在互相开玩笑。
一般过去时
She joshed him yesterday.
她昨天戏弄了他。
past participle
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。
用法提示：句中 josh 是动词，后接宾语 me，表示善意地打趣。
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。
用法提示：此处 joshed 是 josh 的过去式，表示友好地戏弄。
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。
用法提示：joshing 是 josh 的现在分词，与 each other 搭配表示互相开玩笑。
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。
tease 最通用，但语气可轻可重；josh 强调善意、无恶意，若要强调不伤人可用 josh 或 kid。
kid 偏口语，常含“哄骗、逗着玩”的意味；与 josh 一样友好，但更强调骗的成分。
joke 侧重制造笑料，不一定针对某个人；josh 通常有一个玩笑对象，带有“逗某人”的意思。
rib 偏英式口语，主要指朋友间善意的挖苦取乐，语气比 josh 稍重。
banter 常作不及物动词，与 with 连用；josh 可作及物动词，直接接宾语，更主动地逗某个人。
grammar · medium
易错句子He joshed yesterday.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like to have a josh with friends.
正确表达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。
对应 josh 的‘善意取笑’之义；praise 指真诚赞扬，而非戏谑。
josh侧重善意、轻松的戏谑，而joke更通用，指任何笑话或玩笑
josh是善意的逗乐，而tease可能带有轻微恶意或反复捉弄
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。
约什通常发生在朋友之间，是关系亲密的表现。
善意的逗弄常引发笑声，是轻松氛围的标志。
形容约什这种轻松、不伤人的态度。
强调约什是出于善意而非恶意。
约什是幽默的一种友好表达方式。
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。
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