单词punch line
n.: (笑话的)包袱
网络: 妙语
(笑话的)包袱,指一整段笑话中最后几句最能引人发笑的点睛之笔
My attitude toward death was captured by the punch line in an old joke about Sister Jones, the most devout woman in her church.
我对死亡的态度，正好与关于琼斯修女的一个老笑话中的一个妙语不谋而合。
It"s the punch line of a joke I"ve been using since we started two and a half hours earlier: I still don"t know the name of your movie.
这个是我在我们两个半小时前的采访中用到的一个笑话：我还不知道你的电影的名字呢。
He paused to deliver his punch line: "But if you are prepared to give it a try, so are we. "
他停了一下，然后说出了他最得力的一句话：“但是，如果你准备试试看，我们也准备这样做。”
A doctored version praised the cream but the punch line was that it gave users disgusting spots.
改编了的广告也赞扬这种面霜，但关键的一句台词是说它使使用者长出讨厌的斑点。
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line ).
一个有趣事件（通常带有妙语）的叙述。
And here"s the upsetting punch line: intelligence seems to make things worse.
还有一些让人不安的方面：智慧会让事情变得更糟。
As the punch line of the old Irish joke goes, "I would not start from here" . Yet we do.
爱尔兰古笑话中有句妙语：“我不会从这里开始。”然而我们却要这样做。
When aliens first see us laugh, they"ll think we"re having some sort of fit (and they probably won"t get the punch line either).
当外来人第一次看到我们笑时，他们会认为我们在发神经（而且他们可能也没有体会出其中的奥妙）。
Ben Stiller is a funny guy, but here Reuben, with his uncooperative stomach and lack of grace, isn"t a character so much as a punch line.
本。斯蒂勒是个言语幽默的家伙，可这里扮演的鲁本，因为时常肠胃的不舒服，没有表演出优雅行为的一面，台词也没有什么出彩的地方。
For one thing he always laughs at his own joke before he gets to the punch line.
比如说，他总是在还没有讲到那句关键的话之前自己就笑了。