6VERB 戏弄;逗惹 If you kid someone, you tease them. 戏弄;逗惹
He liked to kid Ingrid a lot. [VERB noun]
他很喜欢捉弄英格丽德。
He used to kid me about being chubby. [VERB noun + about]
他过去常取笑我胖。
7VERB 欺骗;哄骗 If people kid themselves, they allow themselves to believe something that is not true because they wish that it was true. 欺骗;哄骗
We're kidding ourselves, Bill. We're not winning, we're not even doing well. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
我们在自己骗自己,比尔。我们没有赢,我们甚至都没有发挥好。
I could kid myself that you did this for me, but it would be a lie. [V pron-refl that]
我可以欺骗自己你这样做是为了我,但那终究是谎言。
8CONVENTION (强调所说的是真实的或是认真的)真的,不是开玩笑 You can say 'No kidding' to emphasize that what you are saying is true, or that you mean it. (强调所说的是真实的或是认真的)真的,不是开玩笑 [informal, emphasis] [informal, emphasis]
I'm scared. No kidding, really.
我很害怕。不是开玩笑,真的。
9CONVENTION (表示感兴趣或惊讶)真的吗? You can say 'No kidding?' to show that you are interested or surprised when someone tells you something. (表示感兴趣或惊讶)真的吗?
'We won.' — 'No kidding?'
“我们赢了。”—“真的吗?”
10PHRASE (表示认为某人所言极为荒唐或完全是假的)你一定是在开玩笑 You can say 'you've got to be kidding' or 'you must be kidding' to someone if they have said something that you think is ridiculous or completely untrue. (表示认为某人所言极为荒唐或完全是假的)你一定是在开玩笑 [informal, feelings]
You've got to be kidding! I can't live here!.
你在开玩笑吧!我不可能住这儿!
'He's a mild inoffensive man isn't he? — Oh you've gotta be kidding.'
“他是个温和、没有恶意的人,不是吗?”—“啊,你不是开玩笑吧。”
11PHRASE (表示认为某人不够真诚或不相信某人所言)她骗谁啊?/他想骗谁啊? You can say 'who is she kidding?' or 'who is he trying to kid?' if you think it is obvious that someone is not being sincere and does not mean what they say. (表示认为某人不够真诚或不相信某人所言)她骗谁啊?/他想骗谁啊? [informal]
She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl. I don't know who she was trying to kid.
她装作一个温顺、天真、害羞的女孩。真不知道她想骗谁。
'Maybe tomorrow will be better,' I said, hanging up. 'Who am I kidding?' I told Wolfe. 'Tomorrow will be more of the same.'
“也许明天会更好,”我说着挂断了电话。“我在骗谁啊?”我对沃尔夫说。“明天还是一个样。”
Word Partnership
Word Partnership
Use kid with:
ADJ.
fat kid, friendly kid, good kid, little kid, new kid, nice kid, poor kid, skinny kid, smart kid, tough kid, young kid1
(informal) ADJECTIVE | ... OF KIDS | VERB + KID | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤little, young小孩;小朋友▸➤big, older大孩子;大一點兒的孩子◇The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well.大一點兒的孩子們下午也有課。◇He's like a big kid with all this enthusiasm.他熱情這麼高,像個大孩子。➤cute, good, lovely, nice可愛的孩子;乖孩子;好孩子▸➤cool, smart (especially NAmE) 酷酷的/聰明的小孩➤dumb, stupid呆小孩;笨小孩➤normal正常的小孩◇She was just a normal kid.她當時不過是一個發育正常的孩子。➤crazy, weird小瘋子;古怪的孩子◇Now what are you two crazy kids doing?你們這兩個小瘋子這是在幹什麼?➤poor可憐的孩子◇I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid.我為這個可憐的孩子感到特別難過。➤rich富家孩子◇a spoiled little rich kid嬌生慣養的富家小孩➤fat胖孩子◇I was the fat kid through most of my teenage years.我十幾歲的時候基本沒瘦過。➤scrawny, skinny骨瘦如柴的/瘦得皮包骨的孩子◇a skinny little kid who looked to be no older than fourteen一個瘦得皮包骨頭、看上去不足 14 歲的小孩➤local, neighbourhood/neighborhood (especially NAmE) 當地的/街坊的孩子◇a gang of local kids一幫當地孩子➤street街頭小子;流浪兒◇street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive靠機智靈活生存的街頭小子➤foster收養的孩子◇They had sixteen foster kids and two of their own.他們有 16 個收養的孩子和兩個親生孩子。➤college, high-school, school (usually schoolkid)大學生;高中生;學童... OF KIDS➤bunch, couple, crowd, gang, group一群/幾個/一幫/一夥/一組孩子◇They're just a bunch of kids.他們不過是一群孩子。VERB + KID➤have有子女◇We both wanted to have kids.我們倆都想要孩子。➤want想要孩子◇She had wanted more kids.她本來想多要幾個孩子。➤adopt, foster收養/認養孩子◇They had adopted three kids.他們已經收養了 3 個孩子。➤bring up, raise (especially NAmE) 撫養孩子◇I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people.我一直努力教導孩子要尊重他人。➤educate, teach教育孩子;教孩子◇Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating.這裏有一些教孩子們健康飲食的有趣方法。➤look after, take care of, watch (especially NAmE) 照料/照顧/照看孩子◇She had offered to watch the kids many times so Toby could go out.為了能讓托比外出,她多次主動提出照看孩子們。➤protect保護孩子◇legislation to protect kids from violence and harassment in their schools保護孩子們在學校免受暴力侵犯和騷擾的立法PHRASES➤just a kid, only a kid只是個孩子◇He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.他還只是個孩子,不能指望他能理解所發生的一切。➤like a kid像個孩子◇She was crying like a kid.她像個孩子似的哭泣。➤kids' stuff簡單的事◇The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.這部電影從頭至尾幼稚至極。◇That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.和將要發生的一切相比,那算不了什麼。