jocular

adjective
🔊/ˈdʒɒkjələ(r)/
🔊/ˈdʒɑːkjələr/
(formal)
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  1. humorous幽默的;滑稽的;诙谐的
    • a jocular comment诙谐的评论
    • He tried to sound jocular.他试图听起来很幽默。
    • She explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem.她以一种幽默的方式解释说我是问题所在。
  2. (of a person) enjoying making people laugh爱开玩笑的;逗乐的;打趣的
  3. synonym jolly see also joke
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus ‘jest, wordplay’.