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Kidding

“Kidding” 是 kid(开玩笑)的现在分词或动名词,I’m kidding / just kidding 表示“我逗你的”。名词用法较少,多以口语短语出现。勿与“小孩”义项混淆语境。

  1. “Relax, I was only kidding about quitting my job.” (放松,我说辞职只是开玩笑。)
  2. “Are you kidding? That concert sold out in minutes.” (你没开玩笑吧?那场音乐会几分钟就售罄了。)
  3. “She kept kidding her brother about his new haircut.” (她一直拿哥哥的新发型开玩笑。)

Kid 作动词“戏弄”源于19世纪俚语,与名词 kid(小孩)同形异义扩展,kidding 为 -ing 形式。

kid + -ing;固定短语 no kidding(说真的;别开玩笑)语义依语调变化。

美式口语中 Are you kidding me? 表震惊或不信;just kidding 用于缓和刚才的夸张或冒犯。职场需谨慎,避免不当 kidding。

  • 原形: kid(动词)
  • 固定搭配: “just kidding” (开玩笑啦), “no kidding” (真的;不是吧), “you must be kidding” (你一定在开玩笑)

把 kidding 和 kid(小孩爱闹)联想:像小孩一样逗人,就是 kidding。

“He said he ate ten burgers, and everyone panicked until he smiled and said, ‘I’m kidding.’” (他说自己吃了十个汉堡,大家都慌了,直到他笑着说:“我开玩笑的。”)