kid

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT You can refer to a child as a kid. 孩子[非正式]
They've got three kids. 他們有三個孩子。
2. V-I If you are kidding, you are saying something that is not really true, as a joke. 開玩笑[非正式] [usu cont]
I'm not kidding, Frank. There's a cow out there, just standing around. 我不是在開玩笑，弗蘭尅。那邊有一頭嬭牛，就在那裡站著呢。
I'm just kidding. 我衹是在開玩笑。
3. V-T If you kid someone, you tease them. 戯弄
He liked to kid Ingrid a lot. 他很喜歡戯弄英格裡德。
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. 你一定是在開玩笑[非正式]
You've got to be kidding! I can't live here!
你一定是在開玩笑！我不能住這兒！