A: This party is so boring. I can't wait for the prize draw. B: What do you think the prize is?...
A: This party is so boring. I can't wait for the prize draw. B: What do you think the prize is? We get to leave? A: Is the joke that leaving would be a reward? B: Yes.
A joke is a brief story with a climactic humorous twist. For example, he is so fat that he decided to go on a diet. See? This is a joke, and the twist is that people don't change.
These two jokes are not the same, but they use the same idea.
The joke is funny.
This is a good joke.
Do you get the point of the joke?
Do you get the meaning of the joke?
When he said the punch line of the joke, nobody laughed.
The joke Ben told is on Andy. In other words, Andy is the butt of the joke. So it's good that Andy is a good sport and laughed with everyone.
the twist is that people don't change = 此笑話的梗是人通常不會改變(解釋此笑話好笑的地方)
另外，也能用 joke 表示笑話的梗，如例句中的A說:
A: Is the joke that leaving would be a reward?
意思是「這個笑話的梗就是離開這個派對也算是個獎項嗎?」
換句話說，joke 能指整個笑話也能指笑話中的梗。
如果你指其他意思，請參考以下:
what's so funny about the joke? = 這笑話的笑點在哪? the point of the joke = 笑話的笑點 the meaning of the joke = 笑話的笑點 the punch line of the joke = 笑話的笑點那一句話 the butt of the joke = 笑話的攻擊對象，如例句
