jest

n. 笑话，俏皮话；玩笑

vi. 开玩笑；嘲笑

vt. 嘲笑

n.

笑话，玩笑；戏谑，诙谐；笑柄；

vi.

开玩笑，打趣；取笑，嘲弄；

变形

复数：jests过去式：jested过去分词：jested现在分词：jesting第三人称单数：jests

英英释义

jest[ dʒest ]

n.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

"he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"

同义词：jokegaglaughjape

activity characterized by good humor

同义词：jokejocularity

v.

tell a joke; speak humorously

同义词：joke

act in a funny or teasing way

同义词：joke

词组短语

in jest adv. 开玩笑地；诙谐地

jest with vt. 开某人玩笑

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

They made a jest of his ignorance.
他们笑话他无知。

He spoke it in a kind of jest, but it was with such an awkward smile.
他用一种说笑的口吻说着，但是说时带着那么不自然的微笑。

I said in jest I would marry Jim.
我开玩笑说要嫁给吉姆。

It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.
事情以玩笑开始，以悲剧告终。

用作动词(v.)

He is not a man to jest with.
他是个不能开玩笑的人。

Do not jest about serious things .
对于重要的事情不能当儿戏。

You jest so lightly in a time of crisis?
在这时候你还有心情开玩笑？

权威例句

jest (n.)

early 13c., geste, "narrative of exploits," from Old French geste "action, exploit," from Latin gesta "deeds," neuter plural of gestus, past participle of gerere "to carry, behave, act, perform" (see gest). Sense descended through "idle tale" (late 15c.) to "mocking speech, raillery" (1540s) to "joke" (1550s).

jest (v.)

1520s, "to speak in a trifling manner;" 1550s, "to joke," from Middle English gesten "recite a tale" (late 14c.), from geste (see jest (n.)). Related: Jested; jesting.

1. You presume to jest with me in this free manner.

你敢在我面前这么放肆地开玩笑。

2. A young machine hand, attracted by her looks, made bold to jest with her.

一位年轻的机工，被她的美貌所吸引， 壮着胆子跟她开玩笑。

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3. That is why i laugh at myself and shatter my secret in jest . i make light of my pain , afraid you should do so.

因而我嘲笑自己，开玩笑打碎我的隐私。我减轻自己的痛苦，免得日后你也像我这么做。

4. Surely you jest.

开玩笑吧你！

5. But at least in comparison to Infinite Jest, this book was more accessible, more identifiable.

但是，至少和《无穷尽的笑话》相比，这本书更容易接近，更可分辨。

6. Khrushchev: [In jest] You look very angry, as if you want to fight me. Are you still angry?

赫鲁晓夫：（开玩笑的口气）你看上去很生气吗，一副想揍我的模样。你还在生气吗？

7. I looked to burst out laughing outside, he aches again inside smelly, do not know I am in jest his what?

我在外面看了哈哈大笑，他在里面又疼又臭，不知道我在笑话他什么？

8. Moroccan women worried half in jest whether, as in Saudi Arabia, they would no longer be allowed to drive.

摩洛哥妇女半开玩笑地担心，她们以后是否不能再开车上路，如同在沙乌地阿拉伯。

9. But history likes a jest.

但是,历史就像一个笑话。

10. What we say, even in jest, may need to be accounted for in the day of judgement .

我们所说的话，甚至是我们所说的一些玩笑话，在被审判那天也会被记录在册。

11. As he picked it up he said, half in anger and half in jest, that he had met his master but that there is a master for everyone and everything - and now he proposed to lead me to mine.

他捡起剑，半是生气半是玩笑地说，他遇到了他的老师但对每个人和每一事物来说都有老师——而现在他提议把我带去见我的老师。

12. Khrushchev: [In jest] You look very angry, as if you want to fight me.

赫鲁晓夫：（开玩笑的口气）你看上去很生气吗，一副想揍我的模样。

13. A jest falls from the speechless caravan.

一个笑话就从无言的篷车陨下。

14. He is not a man to jest with.

他那个人是开不得玩笑的。

15. Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.

希刺克厉夫又微笑了，好像把那个粗人算作他的儿子，简直是把玩笑开得太莽撞了。

16. You may jest, but the kindest fate I offer is to unify .

你可以开玩笑，但是我能提供给你最好的命运就是合体。

17. The netizen lends ad saying whole compositive jest.

网友整的借广告语组成的笑话。

18. The tsunami transformed cars into a kind of surreal jest.

海啸用车辆开了一个超现实风格的玩笑。

19. Who is fond of life and jest and pleasure?

是谁喜欢开玩笑和生活乐趣…

20. Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.

即使涅斯托发誓说那笑话很可笑。

21. Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.

即使涅斯托发誓说那笑话很可笑。