punchline
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++punch·line, punch line /ˈpʌntʃlaɪn/ noun [countable usually singular] APJOKEthe last few words of a joke or story, that make it funny or surprising 〔笑话或故事中最后点题或抛出笑料等的〕妙语，画龙点睛的结尾语
Examples from the Corpus
punchline• I got it all back to front, and couldn't think of a punchline.• And of course, there isn't a punchline but the ending goes something like this.• It's like an extended Beadle's About sketch without a punchline.• Professor Ito blinks, shakes his head, then translates my punchline.• The signalman guffawed at his own punchline then disappeared from view, closing the window after him.• At the punchline, Maria laughed much harder than the joke deserved.punch·line nounChineseSyllable
words story, few a last of joke the or Corpus
punchline
punch‧line
, ˈpunch line /ˈpʌntʃlaɪn/ noun [countable usually singular]
the last few words of a joke or story, that make it funny or surprising
punch‧line
, ˈpunch line /ˈpʌntʃlaɪn/ noun [countable usually singular]the last few words of a joke or story, that make it funny or surprising