| 词汇 | jape |
| 释义 | jape noun[ C ] old-fashioned or humorousuk /dʒeɪp/ us /dʒeɪp/ an activity done to make someone laugh or to trick someone: 玩笑;恶作剧 They put a frog in her boots for a jape.他们搞了个恶作剧，将一只青蛙放在了她的长筒靴里。 Synonyms gag jestformal joke Compare laughnouninformal Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel funny business game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp prankster pretext pretextual pull pull a fast oneidiom Examples of japejape However, this is typically achieved, as jape does, by allowing for code fragments on the right-hand side of the rules. I assure him that this is no jolly jape. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not a jolly jape; it is a serious constituency concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When 16-year-olds at public school make mistakes, they are called jolly japes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This debate is not about a jolly jape or some small parliamentary strategem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that they relate to a fantasy playground of childhood, with many japes——a magical and comfortable world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Jape was amongst six of the nominees who performed at the event, with a three-song set featuring earlier in proceedings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The novel was considered by many critics, however, as an amusing jape rather than serious satire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These japes only do a disservice to the film's many serious allegations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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