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的用法和樣例：
例句
用作動詞 (v.)
Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point. 即使一個小男生的戲言也可能有一些真義。
He became the public jape in school, because he overreached when imitating others. 他因畫虎類犬在學校成了眾人的笑料。
經典引文
For Nik Kershaw..the hardships of army life are a jolly jape.
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