josh
[dʒˈɑʃ] /ˈjäsh/ (ame, mw) · /dʒɒʃ/ (bre, ipa) · [dʒˈɑʃ] /dʒɑːʃ/ (ame, ipa)
josh — 名詞
1. a short playful remark or a small story that is meant to make people laugh, with
玩笑
無惡意的逗趣話語
a short playful remark or a small story that is meant to make people laugh, without causing any hurt feelings.
Vikram's comment was just a harmless josh among friends, not a real complaint.
Vikram 的話只是朋友之間無傷大雅的玩笑，並不是真的在抱怨。
collocation: harmless josh / just a josh
What started as a light josh about her new hairstyle ended up hurting Lien's feelings.
一開始只是對 Lien 新髮型的輕鬆玩笑，最後卻傷了她的感情。
collocation: light josh / josh about [topic]
The old friends exchanged joshes across the dinner table late into the night.
老友們在晚餐桌上你一言我一語地互相開玩笑，一路聊到深夜。
Tendai took the josh in good spirits and fired back with an even funnier one.
Tendai 對於這個玩笑不以為意，還回敬了一個更好笑的。
- insult
a remark meant to hurt, not amuse
文法句型
a + josh
josh about + noun phrase
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively in informal spoken American English. The plural form 'joshes' is very rare but attested. This noun is far less common than the verb sense.
常見錯誤
josh — 動詞
- joshpresent simple I / you / we / they
- josheshe / she / it
- joshedpast simple
- joshing-ing form
1. to talk to someone in a joking and light-hearted way, gently making fun of them
逗弄
以輕鬆玩笑的方式取笑他人
to talk to someone in a joking and light-hearted way, gently making fun of them or teasing them without meaning any harm.
Élise was only joshing her brother about his new glasses, but he pretended to be outraged.
Élise 只是在跟她弟弟開玩笑，說他的新眼鏡如何如何，但他卻假裝很生氣。
transitive: josh + someone + about + something
The teammates spent the bus ride joshing with each other over the coach's new rules.
隊員們在巴士上互相調侃教練訂的新規定，一路鬧個不停。
intransitive: josh with + each other over + something
At the family dinner, Uncle Eitan joshed the kids about their messy bedroom for a laugh.
在家庭聚餐時，Eitan 叔叔拿孩子們髒亂的房間開玩笑，逗得大家哈哈大笑。
Relax — I am just joshing you! Nobody actually deleted your file.
放輕鬆——我只是在跟你鬧著玩的！沒有人真的把你的檔案刪掉。
- praise
expressing approval instead of playful mockery
文法句型
josh + someone
josh + about + something
josh with + someone
be joshing
用法筆記
Almost always friendly in tone — 'joshing' someone implies a close or comfortable relationship. The present participle 'joshing' is more common than the base form. Frequently used in the phrase 'just joshing (you)' to clarify that a remark was not serious.