joker

• n. 愛開玩笑的人；家夥；醜角牌
• n. (Joker)人名；(瑞典)約克

來自joke,玩笑。字麵意思即逗人笑的人，小醜。原作為撲克牌的野牌使用，即wild card,但由於其用法的靈活性，最後成了最大的牌。

joker (n.)

1729, "jester, merry fellow," agent noun from joke (v.). In generic slang use for "any man, fellow, chap" by 1811, which probably is the source of the meaning "odd face card in the deck" (1868). An 1857 edition of Hoyle's "Games" lists a card game called Black Joke in which all face cards were called jokers.

American manufacturers of playing-cards are wont to include a blank card at the top of the pack; and it is, alas! true that some thrifty person suggested that the card should not be wasted. This was the origin of the joker. ["St. James's Gazette," 1894]

1. Tell that joker to stop using my parking space.

告訴那個家夥不要占用我的停車場.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. She put down a joker.

她出了一張百搭牌.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He is, by nature, a joker, a witty man with a sense of fun.

他天性是個愛開玩笑的人，說話詼諧，很有幽默感。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Today's front page of The Sun carries a banner headline "The adulterer, the bungler and the joker."

《太陽報》今日頭版大標題為《奸夫、笨蛋和小醜》。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Everyone knew each other well, except for the new guy Jason, who was the joker in the pack.

除了那個新來的家夥賈森, 大家彼此都很了解, 隻有他讓人捉摸不透.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》