jest
英 [dʒest]
美 [dʒest]
n. 笑话; 俏皮话; 打趣; 玩笑
v. 开玩笑; 说笑话
现在分词:jesting复数:jests第三人称单数:jests过去式:jested过去分词:jested
GRETEM8
Collins.1 / BNC.21933 / COCA.19350
牛津词典
noun
- 笑话;俏皮话;打趣;玩笑
something said or done to amuse people
verb
- 开玩笑;说笑话
to say things that are not serious or true, especially in order to make sb laugh
- Would I jest about such a thing?
这种事我会说着玩吗?
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 笑话;打趣;玩笑
A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing.
- It was a jest rather than a reproach...
这与其说是责备,还不如说是句玩笑呢。 - The men talk as cheerfully as ever; jests are bandied about freely.
男人们像往常一样高兴地聊着,彼此间随意开着玩笑。
- VERB 说笑话;开玩笑;打趣
If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things.
- He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies...
他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。 - A newspaper half jested: Had alcohol not already killed him, this would surely drive him to drink.
一份报纸半开玩笑地写道:要不是喝酒已经要了他的命,这肯定会让他想要喝上一杯。
双语例句
- No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.
谁都不知道他是认真的还是在开玩笑。
- It was a jest rather than a reproach
这与其说是责备,还不如说是句玩笑呢。
- The men talk as cheerfully as ever; jests are bandied about freely.
男人们像往常一样高兴地聊着,彼此间随意开着玩笑。
- He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies
他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
- A newspaper half jested: Had alcohol not already killed him, this would surely drive him to drink.
一份报纸半开玩笑地写道:要不是喝酒已经要了他的命,这肯定会让他想要喝上一杯。
- 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。
- I do not jest, that I don't!
我决不开玩笑,我!
- The last JEST concept to understand is how it specifies a communication protocol and a URI scheme.
JEST的最后一个概念是理解它是如何指定一个通信协议和URI模式的。
- These forms show how the JEST URI syntax is formed step-by-step by user-specified qualifiers and arguments.
这些表单通过用户指定的限定词和参数按部就班地显示了JESTURI语法是如何形成的。
- That is why I laugh at myself and shatter my secret in jest.
因此我嘲笑自己,把我的秘密在玩笑中打碎。
- He said all that in jest.
这些他都是说是着玩的。
- You presume to jest with me in this free manner.
你敢在我面前这么放肆地开玩笑。
- I only said it in jest.
我不过是开玩笑说说的。
- I was jest thinking, I ain't seen a top 'at in years.
我忽然想到,我已有多少年没有见到高礼帽了。
- A true jest is no jest.
真实的笑话不是笑话。
- An official told me this, not quite in jest.
一位官员把这事告诉了我,不完全是开玩笑。
- Do not say that even in jest!
不要说这种话,哪怕是开玩笑,也不要说这种话!
- Ah, what a kingly jest was it to open thy palm to a beggar to beg!
呵,这开的是什么样的帝王的玩笑,向一个乞丐伸手求乞!
- This telegram might be a cover for some jest, expecially as it came from a Frenchman.
这封电报,特别是一个法国人打来的,可能是一个恶作剧。
- He is not a man to jest with.
他是个不能开玩笑的人。
- "You jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces.
“你开玩笑呐,”他倒退几步,喊着说。
- Clearly my lexicon is meant partly in jest but not entirely.
显然,我的这个词典在一定程度上是玩笑话,但并非完全如此。
- He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.
他是如此虚荣狂妄,宁可和人翻脸,有笑话却不能不说。
- Are you in jest or in earnest?
你在说笑话还是当真的?
- You jest let me know if you've seen any of'em.
你们只请告诉我是否见过他们中的任何一个。
- For a jest, my prince, we did exchange garments.
王子,我们为了好玩,彼此换了衣服。
- Would I jest about such a thing?
这种事我会说着玩吗?
- Why do you jest at my honesty?
你为何要取笑我的诚实?
- A shout of laughter followed this brutal jest.
这个残酷的玩笑引起了一阵哄堂大笑。
- Although his criticisms were made half in jest, there was also some truth in them.
尽管他的批评是半开玩笑的,但其中也有些真理。
习惯用语
n.
in jest
- 开玩笑地;闹着玩
as a joke
- The remark was made half in jest.
这话是半开玩笑说出的。 - ‘Many a true word is spoken in jest,’ thought Rosie. (= people often say things as a joke that are actually true)
“许多真话都是在玩笑中说出的。”罗西想。
英英释义
noun
- activity characterized by good humor
Synonym: jokejocularity
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Synonym: jokegaglaughjape
verb
- act in a funny or teasing way
Synonym: joke
- tell a joke
- He often jokes even when he appears serious
Synonym: joke