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"
jape的用法和样例:
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。
经典引文
For Nik Kershaw..the hardships of army life are a jolly jape.