make a joke, make fun
这两个短语共同的意思是“取笑某人”“同某人开玩笑”。它们的区别是：
这两个短语后接的介词不同, make fun后接of; make a joke后接about。例如:
Don't make fun of an old man.
Don't make a joke about an old man.
不要同老年人开玩笑。
下面三个句子的意思相同:
Don't make a joke about an old man.
Don't play a joke on an old man.
Don't have a joke with an old man.
不要同老年人开玩笑。
joke, jest
这两个词都可表示“玩笑”。它们的区别是：
1.jest主要指引人发笑的戏言; 而joke则不仅指开玩笑的“言”,而且还指恶作剧的“行”。例如:
Don't jest with the little girl.不要戏弄这个小女孩。
2.joke比jest通俗而少优雅。
It was a joke, of course, but surely a rum sort of joke?
这当然是个玩笑，但是这个玩笑也太奇怪了吧？
——柯林斯例句
She seems to have missed the joke.
她好像没有听懂这个笑话。
——柯林斯例句
I thought: "This cannot be happening, somebody must be playing a joke".
我想：“这不可能发生，肯定是谁在开玩笑。”
——柯林斯例句
Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat.
利兹本想开个玩笑，结果却没有达到效果。
——柯林斯例句
If I hear one more joke about my hair, I shall scream.
如果我再听到有人拿我的头发开玩笑，我就会尖叫。
——柯林斯例句
They all laughed about the joke.
这个笑话把他们全逗笑了.
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He is a man with an inborn love of joke.
他是一个生来就喜欢开玩笑的人.
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Come on, lighten up! It was only a joke.
喂, 别紧张! 这只不过是开玩笑.
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His colleagues regard him as a joke.
他的同事们把他当作取笑的对象.
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His joke laid an egg.
他的笑话无法使人发笑.
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We had better treat it as a joke.
我们最好把它当作玩笑.
——《简明英汉词典》
Each clown capped the last joke of the other.
丑角的笑话一个比一个好.
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It is no joke carrying these heavy bags.
带走这些沉重的袋子可不是闹着玩的.
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That is carrying the joke too far.
玩笑开得过火了.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
He cackled after each joke.
每讲完一个笑话,他就呵呵地笑起来.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
He loves a joke, a good joke.
他喜欢笑话, 好笑话.
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I am in no mood [ not in the mood ] for joking [ to joke ].
我没有 心思 开玩笑.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
I was tickled to death at the joke.
听了那笑话,使我笑破了肚皮.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
She said this in a joke.
她说这话是开玩笑的.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
It's no joke catching a chill when you are recovering from an injury.
你正在养伤,受了寒可不是玩儿的!
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
You may think it an innocent joke to drive away another person's car but in the eyes of the law it is theft.
你也许认为把别人的车开走是开个不打紧的玩笑,但从法律的观点看来,这是偷窃.
——《简明英汉词典》
That's only a joke.
那只不过是句玩笑话.
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This is a serious matter ; let's not joke about it.
这是正经事,可别打哈哈.
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I didn't find the joke at all amusing.
我认为这笑话一点也不可笑。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
It's no joke when your brakes fail on the motorway.
在快车道上行驶时刹车失灵的后果是非常严重的.
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She was offended at that person's joke.
她被那人的玩笑触怒了.
——《简明英汉词典》
But that's the best joke in the play; let's keep it in.
但那是整部戏中最精彩的一个笑话, 就保留着吧.
——《简明英汉词典》
I'm afraid that joke was lost on me.
恐怕我没有领会那个笑话.
——《简明英汉词典》
Don't carry [ push ] the joke too far at others.
开人玩笑不要太过分.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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