Better lose a jest than a friend 〔谚语〕宁肯少说笑话,决不得罪朋友。 Be a standing jest经常被嘲笑的对象。 Break [drop] a jest说笑话。 In jest开玩笑地(speak half in jest, half in earnest 半真半假地讲)。 Jesting apart 〔作插入语用〕说正经的。 Make a jest of sb. 愚弄某人。 vi. 1.取笑,嘲弄 (at)。 2.开玩笑,打趣 (with)。
短语和例子
Please don't jest with me. 请别和我开玩笑。 Jest at sb. 嘲笑某人。 vt. 对…开玩笑,嘲笑。 adj. -ful
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。
We banded ourselves together, some boldly, some in jest and some almost in fear . 大伙抱成一团,但有的大胆、有的嬉笑戏谑,有几个却心惊胆颤。
The tenderness of lovers can ill brook the least jesting with the names of their mistresses . 情人们一点也受不住旁人拿他们情侣的名字开玩笑。
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。
His smiles, his forgiveness, his sometimes pleasant jesting were all a horrible offence . 他的微笑、他的饶恕、他那有时有趣的俏皮话,完全是一种可怕的进攻。
At first it had only amused her, but the most subtle jest may lose its savour after three years . 起初她只是觉得这很有趣,然而最逗人的笑话经过三年也会变得索然无味。
It was the high morning, but the merry spirits of the carnival were still inclined to lounge and recapitulate the last night's jests . 时近中午,然而狂欢节欢乐的人们仍然在倾心于悠闲行乐和重复昨夜的嬉闹。
It was the high morning, but the merry spirits of the carnival were still inclined to lounge and recapitulate the last night's jests . 时值上午,然而狂欢节欢乐的人们仍然在倾心于悠闲行乐和重复昨夜的嬉闹。
That she was doing for an earnest reason what would most naturally be done in jest was at any rate a safe secret . 本来这桩举动,要只是闹着玩的,才最合情理,而她作来,却是为了正经的目的;这种情形本身就至少是秘密的保障。
It relies mainly on exaggeration, and a blending of jest and earnest, which has the effect, as in their negro melodies, of singing comic words to a sad tune . 它主要依靠的是夸大和庄谐的揉合,这就产生了象黑人唱歌时用悲调唱滑稽歌词那种效果。
activity characterized by good humor 同义词:joke, jocularity,
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" 同义词:joke, gag, laugh, jape,
tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" 同义词:joke,
其他语种释义
jestとは意味:1jest n. 冗談, しゃれ, ひやかし. 【動詞+】 ◆I don't get your jests. 君の冗談がわからない ◆make a jest 冗談を言う ◆Can't you take a jest? (おもしろくない)冗談を言われて黙っていられるかい. 【形容詞 名詞+】 ◆a biting jest とげのある冗談 ◆a boisterous jest 騒々しいしゃれ ◆a d...