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。
- “Relax, I was only kidding about quitting my job.” (放松,我说辞职只是开玩笑。)
- “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。)
- “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。”)