| 词汇 | practical-joke |
| 释义 | practical joke noun[ C ] uk /ˌpræk.tɪ.kəl ˈdʒəʊk/ us /ˌpræk.tɪ.kəl ˈdʒoʊk/ a joke that makes someone seem silly and involves a physical action rather than words: 恶作剧 She glued her boss's cup and saucer together as a practical joke.她搞恶作剧，把老板的茶杯和托碟粘在一起。 Behaving in a silly way act/play the goatidiom be asking for it/troubleidiom be playing at somethingidiom blonde clown cut something up faff goof goof around have a blonde momentidiom horse horse around kid mess monkey monkey around muck someone/something about/around piss (someone) about/around play around spectacle Related wordpractical joker practical joke | American Dictionarypractical joke noun[ C ] us/ˈpræk·tɪ·kəl ˈjoʊk/ a joke intended to make someone seem foolish that involves a physical action rather than words: She glued the cup and saucer together as a practical joke. Examples of practical jokepractical joke He admitted that the signal had been a practicaljoke. Is this a practicaljoke? In fact, no one had been responsible; it was a practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is only funny to the kind of mind which thinks a practicaljoke is funny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a rather effective practicaljoke, though deplorable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The acts appear to have been meaningless, and were probably done as a practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot ask us to accept these four clauses as anything but a huge practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anything short of that will be a costly and risky practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am happy to say that this kind of practicaljoke has been insured against and cannot be repeated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He put through a telephone call to 999 and asked for an ambulance—that was his idea of a practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The acts apear to have been meaningless, and were probably done as a practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was all a practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a practicaljoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is seen sporadically throughout the remainder of the series, usually appearing with a crude remark or playing a practicaljoke. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This became the inspiration for his later practicaljoke films. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of practical joke 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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