a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;
"he told a very funny joke" "he knows a million gags" "thanks for the laugh" "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest" "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
例句
用作动词(v.)
Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point.即使一个小男生的戏言也可能有一些真义。
He became the public jape in school, because he overreached when imitating others.他因画虎类犬在学校成了众人的笑料。
