half joke

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A statement which contains elements of both jest and seriousness. idiomatic
    — "Well, let's wait. Perhaps the shooting will die out." "Maybe the soldiers and settlers will die out with it," I say, another half-joke.
动词 v.
  1. To make a half joke. idiomatic
    — "You know why I think you're working with Cristos? Because once I was captured, once he got what he wanted, it would be far easier to pin it all on me, to kill my wife, dump her body where it would never be found, convince me and the world that I was crazy, no trial, just lock me up in a padded room until I succumbed to the cancer." "That sounds like a pretty good plan," Frank said, half joking.

词形变化

half jokes plural half-joke alternative half jokes present,singular,third-person half joking participle,present half joked participle,past half joked past half-joke alternative
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