It can be serious, but it's usually jocular.

可以是很严肃地说这话，但是通常是开玩笑的口吻。

The definitions tend to stress different and jocular, funny, humorous, inventive, that kind of thing.

俚语的定义重在强调不同的，打趣的，有意思的，幽默的，独出心裁的意义。

Well, I accept your jocular insult as a token of bonding.

我接受你玩笑式的羞辱 并当作友谊的象征。

They shook their heads, and some one made a jocular remark which I did not catch, but which raised a general laugh.

那人都摇头，有人说了一句俏皮话，引得人们哈哈大笑，我没有听清。

At stake are bragging rights for graduates and students who compete with glee clubs, marching bands, and tailgate spreads, ribbing their rivals to gain the upper hand, keeping their jocular rivalry vibrant.

两校的毕业生和在校学生虚张声势，在合唱团、军 乐队、停车场面积上面较劲，嘲弄对手以占上风， 让对抗赛充满笑料和活。

To have this happen with him, of all people, with Rhett who had no respect for women! She cried, expecting some coarse and jocular remark from him which she would never be able to forget.

这件事袋子偏偏发生在他面前，在这不尊重妇女的瑞德面前呀！她一边哭，一边准备听他说出一叫她一辈子也忘不了的粗鲁打趣的话。

His physical appearance was striking— ebony hair, a strict, angular face, nose like an arrow pointing toward fierce, deep-set eyes. His lips were often pressed together in a jocular grin, as if all the world were his to laugh at.

他的外表很引人注目——乌黑的头发，棱角分明的脸，鼻子像一枚箭头一样指向凶巴巴的深邃的眼睛。他常常抿着嘴笑，像是在开玩笑，仿佛全世界都是他的笑料似的。