用法
1.用作動詞，是不及物動詞；若表示跟某人開玩笑或拿某事開玩笑，分别用介詞 with（後接人）或about（後接事物）。2.joke偶爾還可用作及物動詞,這時可接賓語從句。3.用作名詞時，注意它與動詞的常見搭配：表示講笑話，通常用動詞tell或make；表示開某人的玩笑或戲弄某人，通常用動詞play；表示經得起開幹玩笑，通常用動詞take；表示理解其中的可笑之處，用動詞see。4.joke with sb 和某人開玩笑; joke about sth 拿某事開玩笑;njoke with sb about sth 拿某事和某人開玩笑；nYou must be〔have got to be〕 你一定是(在)開玩笑。
Genericmeaning
Jokes have a generic meaning of verbal humor, including one-liners,riddles, and other things that make us laugh;
but the joke is also a form, a funny, made-up story with a punchline told by one person.
Formofstory
A joke is distinguished from an anecdote, which may be a funny story andhave a punchline, but is about a real or true incident. Because it is a form of story, the joke has some of the attributes of a story, such asa beginning, middle, and end. The beginning is the set-up for the joke.While the setting, mood, and tone of, say, a short story or novel are established over time, these elements are often compressed into as little as a single sentence in a joke.
