jest
[dʒest]
n.说笑, 玩笑
v.开玩笑
例句与用法:
I said in jest I would marry Jim.
我开玩笑说要嫁给吉姆。
He is not a man to jest with.
他是个不能开玩笑的人。
It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.
事情以玩笑开始,以悲剧告终。
A true jest is no jest.
[谚]真笑话并非笑话。
Don't jest with me!
别跟我开玩笑!
词形变化:
副词: jestingly | 动词过去式: jested | 动词过去分词: jested | 动词现在分词: jesting | 动词第三人称单数: jests |
n.
1. 【书】笑话, 俏皮话[C][U]
Their jests made everyone laugh.
他们说的俏皮话逗得大家哈哈大笑。
2. 【书】玩笑; 滑稽事[C][U]
I only said it in jest.
我不过是开玩笑说说的。
3. 【书】笑料, 笑柄[C]
4. 【书】诙谐; 快活[U]
vi.
1. 【书】说笑话, 说俏皮话[(+with)]
2. 【书】开玩笑; 嘲笑[(+at/about)]
Never jest about serious matters.
千万不要就严肃的事开玩笑。
vt.
戏弄, 取笑
短语词组:
break a jest
1. 说笑话
He is fond of breaking a jest.
他爱说笑话。
jest
名词复数:jests
过去式:jested
过去分词:jested
现在进行时:jesting
词形变化:
副词: jestingly | 动词过去式: jested | 动词过去分词: jested | 动词现在分词: jesting | 动词第三人称单数: jests |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.玩笑; 戏弄
joke
fun
mock
tease
同义参见:
gag
roast
play
banter
monkey
kid
footle
jest[dʒest]n.1.■笑话,俏皮话2.■戏谑,诙谐;打趣;嘲笑3.■笑柄,笑料4.■玩笑;滑稽事5.■[废语]功绩,业绩[参较 gest]6.■[废语]诗体故事,诗体传奇vi.1.■玩笑;嘲弄(常与at连用):Don't jest at her.不要取笑她。2.■开玩笑;打趣(常与with连用):He's not a man to jest with.他不是一个可以玩笑的人。vt.1.■戏弄,取笑,打趣:He jests me on my folly.他嘲笑我的愚蠢。break(或drop)a jest说笑话in jest开玩笑地,打趣地,诙谐地
jestjest[dʒest]n.1.■诙谐的话, 玩笑, 俏皮话; 滑稽事2.■取笑逗乐; 打趣; 嘲弄3.■笑柄; 嘲笑的对象speak half in jest, half in earnest半真半假地讲
词性变化jest[dʒest]vi.1.■取笑, 嘲弄(at)2.■开玩笑, 打趣(with), 戏谑; 做滑稽动作jest at sb.嘲笑某人Please don't jest with me.请别和我开玩笑。jest[dʒest]vt.1.■对...开玩笑, 嘲笑
继承用法jester[ˈdʒestə(r)]n.1.■爱开玩笑的人2.■小丑; (中世纪的)弄臣jestfuladj.
参考词汇见joke;
noun
- a thing said or done for amusement; a joke
俏皮话,笑话;玩笑
there are jests about administrative gaffes.
有许多管理方面出丑的笑话。
[mass noun]it was said in jest.
只是开玩笑说说而已。
■(archaic)an object of derision
(古)笑料,笑柄
lowly virtue is the jest of fools.
谦卑是傻瓜的笑柄。
- [no obj.]speak or act in a joking manner
开玩笑,打趣
you jest, surely?.
想必你在开玩笑吧?。
[with direct speech]‘I don't know about maturing,’ jests William.
“我不知道什么是成熟,”威廉打趣道。
语源
- late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta 'actions, exploits', from gerere 'do'. The original sense was 'exploit, heroic deed', hence a narrative of such deeds (originally in verse); later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke (mid 16th cent.)
jest
名词 jest:
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
activity characterized by good humor
同义词:joke, jocularity
动词 jest:
tell a joke; speak humorously
同义词:joke
act in a funny or teasing way
同义词:joke
jest
■returned the other, affecting to jest.
"另一个假装开玩笑地说。
■Better lose a jest than a friend.
(谚语)宁肯少说笑话,决不得罪朋友。
■A true jest is no jest.
[谚]真笑话并非笑话。
■"We had a lot of partners 2005, will talk about a hope we grow in the outstanding achievement inside shorter time decuple, everybody feels at that time is jest.
“2005年我们有很多合作伙伴,来谈希望我们在比较短时间内业绩增长十倍,那个时候大家觉得是笑话。
■"No, you won't," said Carrie, who was coming to feel a certain faint power to jest with the drummer.
“不,你骗人。 "她现在稍稍有了点自信心,敢跟这个推销员开开玩笑了。
■"You seem to be afraid of me lately. You don't even like to talk to me. What's wrong?" he asked, half in jest, toying with an overhanging branch.
“你近来好像害怕我,连话也不肯跟我多说,究竟是为什么?” 他半正经半开玩笑地说,一只手在玩弄旁边下垂的树枝。
■'Ah,' said the other, 'that's jest it.
“嗯,”另一个道:“可真是。
■"Ad yet they say orphans are to be pitied," said Danglars, wishing to prolong the jest.
“大家说孤儿是应该怜悯的,”腾格拉尔说,借开玩笑来延长时间。
■"I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings.
“我知道快乐和失望是怎么回事,我从来不拿这种感情开玩笑。
■No, no,' quoth she, 'sweet Death, I did but jest;
“甜美的死神,”她说,“刚才的话都是胡扯。
■Half in jest, First Hostess also dropped me a hint:
“第一号”一半嘲弄,一半劝告的说:
■Biblical Allusions in A Jest of God
《上帝的玩笑》中的《圣经》典故及其意义
■A young machine hand, attracted by her looks, make bold to jest with her.
一个年青的机械师被她的美貌所吸引,壮着胆子跟她开玩笑。
■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。
■A skit called "The Nut Buying Cider" embodies an old folk jest about a fool who tries to carry a beverage home in his hat.
一出叫做《傻子买果汁》的滑稽剧,表现一位老年乡民取笑一个傻瓜,那傻瓜想用他的帽子装一些饮料回家。
■The spirit of each is sovereign, jest suffices to open the field to the unexpected.
一句玩笑话已够打开一个意外的场面。
■When I have to set to work, I will do it as no one else could, but now I can jest, and the more serenely I jest the more calm and confidence and admiration for my genius you ought to feel.
一着手干起来,谁也比不了我,现在我可以开开玩笑,我愈是谈笑自若,你们就愈有信心,愈镇静,也就愈惊奇于我的天之。”
■Don't jest at her.
不要取笑她。
■Don't jest with me.
不要和我开玩笑。
■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!
■This, however, was a remark which was confined to the drawing-rooms. The populace, which perceives no jest in holy deeds, was touched, and admired him.
不过那是上层阶级客厅里的一种说法。对圣事活动不怀恶意的人民却感动了,并且十分钦佩主教。
■It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.
事情以玩笑开始,以悲剧告终。
■Then, the financial jest with acerbic only zealous those past economist, what had become American at one's leisure today is newfangled.
于是,那些过去只有尖刻的经济学家热衷的金融笑话,今天已经成为了美国人茶余饭后的最新流行。
■Life is a jest; and all things shown it. I thought so once; but now I know it.
人生闹剧一场;事事可以佐证。我曾如此想过;如今知之确凿。
■He's not a man to jest with.
他不是一个可以玩笑的人。
■He had seen no jest in ambiguities and roguery, as the Casterbridges tosspots had done.
他不象卡斯特桥的一般酒鬼,专门在胡说八道和恶作剧里去寻开心。
■He spoke in jest when he asked me to marry him.
他以开玩笑的口气向我求婚。
■They have pleasant mouths turned up at the corners, to which the great Master of Marionettes has fixed the strings and he holds them in his nimblest fingers to twitch them at the slightest jest.
他们令人愉悦的嘴唇能险中取径;那最细微的俏皮话,如同牵线木偶伟大的主人,用灵敏的手指牵动手中的细绳颤动出它们的动作。
■They made a jest of his ignorance.
他们笑话他无知。
■He pointed his finger in friendly jest and went over to the parapet, laughing to himself.
他友善而打趣地指了一下,一面暗自笑着,走到胸墙那儿。
■He lit upon some jest books in the bookstore.
他在书店偶然发现了一些笑话集。
■Peregrine presents himself as a merchant to the knight and informs Politic that word has gotten out of his plan to sell Venice to the Turks.Politic, who once mentioned the idea in jest, is terrified.
他扮成一位商人并故意告诉SirPolitic他计画将威尼斯卖给土耳其一事已被洩密,曾经提及过此事的SirPolitic备受惊吓。
■He often breaks a jest.
他时常说笑话。
■He is not a man to jest with.
他是个不能开玩笑的人。
■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。
■He is fond of breaking a jest.
他爱说笑话。
■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。
■Not a word with him but a jest.
他的每一句话都是一个笑话。
■His reply was taken half seriously half in jest.
他的答复看来是半开玩笑、半认真的。
■His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest
他的答覆看来是半开玩笑半认真的.
■His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest.
他的答覆看来是半开玩笑半认真的。
■He is indebted to his memory for his jest and to his imagination for his fact.
他的诙谐有赖于记忆力,而其事实则有来于想象力。
■He could not divine what her look signified, whether she spoke in earnest or in jest.
他看不透她脸上的表情,究竟她说的是认真的还是戏谑的。
■He could not divine what her look signified.whether she spoke in earnest or in jest.
他看不透她脸上的表情,究竟她说的是认真的还是戏谑的。
■He teased Mary with a jest.
他说俏皮话逗玛丽。
■He speaks with a disposition of lively rattle, pun, and jest, amusing to a grave man, because it is what he himself can least easily command.
他说起话来,口若悬河,一语双关,诙谐动听,甚至使一个严肃的人也觉得有趣,因为他是最不善于此道的。
■He speaks with a disposition of lively rattle, put, and jest, amusing to a grave man , because it is what he himself can least easily command .
他说起话来,口若悬河,一语双关,诙谐动听,甚至使一个严肃的人也觉得有趣,因为他是最不善于此道的。
■He said it in jest.
他说这话是开玩笑的。
■"It may," he says, "have been uttered as a whim, in jest.
他说:“可能只是一时兴起的戏言。”
■He often speaks in jest, and seldom says anything serious.
他那个人就是玩笑话多,正话少。
break a jest
1. 说笑话
He is fond of breaking a jest.
他爱说笑话。
习惯用语Better lose a jest than a friend.1.■[谚]宁肯少说笑话, 决不得罪朋友。break a jest1.■说笑话drop a jest1.■说笑话in jest1.■开玩笑地; 不认真地jesting apart1.■[用作插入语]说正经的, 言归正传make a jest of sb.1.■愚弄某人standing jest1.■老牌的笑靶儿; 经常受嘲笑的人[事物]