• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    笑话;打趣;玩笑
    A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing.
    例句
    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.
    例句
    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。