新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

kid

英  [kɪd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • kids

    1[C 可数名词] 孩子

    You can refer to a child as a kid.

    双语例句

    例:

    They've got three kids.

    他们有3个孩子。

    2[C 可数名词] 小山羊

    A kid is a young goat.

    PHRASE. 习语
  • you've got to be kidding , you must be kidding

    1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.

    双语例句

    例:

    You've got to be kidding! I can't live here!

    你一定是在开玩笑!我不能住这儿!

    VERB. 动词
  • kids , kidding , kidded

    1[I 不及物动词] 开玩笑

    If you are kidding, you are saying something that is not really true, as a joke.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'm not kidding, Frank. There's a cow out there, just standing around.

    我不是在开玩笑,弗兰克。那边有一头奶牛,就在那里站着呢。

    例:

    I'm just kidding.

    我只是在开玩笑。

    2[T 及物动词] 戏弄

    If you kid someone, you tease them.

    双语例句

    例:

    He liked to kid Ingrid a lot.

    他很喜欢戏弄英格里德。

    3[T 及物动词] 欺骗(自己)

    If people kid themselves, they allow themselves to believe something that is not true because they wish that it was true.

    近义词

    fool

    双语例句

    例:

    We're kidding ourselves, Bill. We're not winning, we're not even doing well.

    我们是在欺骗自己,比尔。我们不会赢的。我们甚至都没有发挥好。