kidding

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT You can refer to a child as a kid. 孩子[非正式]
They've got three kids. 他們有三個(gè)孩子。
2. V-I If you are kidding, you are saying something that is not really true, as a joke. 開(kāi)玩笑[非正式] [usu cont]
I'm not kidding, Frank. There's a cow out there, just standing around. 我不是在開(kāi)玩笑，弗蘭克。那邊有一頭奶牛，就在那里站著呢。
I'm just kidding. 我只是在開(kāi)玩笑。
3. V-T If you kid someone, you tease them. 戲弄
He liked to kid Ingrid a lot. 他很喜歡戲弄英格里德。
4. V-T If people kid themselves, they allow themselves to believe something that is not true because they wish that it was true. 欺騙 (自己)
We're kidding ourselves, Bill. We're not winning, we're not even doing well. 我們是在欺騙自己，比爾。我們不會(huì)贏的。我們做得甚至都不好。
5. N-COUNT A kid is a young goat. 小山羊
6. N soft smooth leather made from the hide of a kid 小山羊皮制品
7. N a small wooden tub 小木桶
8. PHRASE 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. 你一定是在開(kāi)玩笑[非正式]
You've got to be kidding! I can't live here!
你一定是在開(kāi)玩笑！我不能住這兒！