时间: 2025-04-27 05:05:11
美: [dʒɛst]
英: [dʒest]
n. 笑话,俏皮话;玩笑
vi. 开玩笑;嘲笑
vt. 嘲笑
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He made a jest about his friend’s new haircut.
他对朋友的新发型开了个玩笑。
The jest at the party lightened the mood.
聚会上的玩笑让气氛轻松了许多。
In Shakespeare’s plays, jest often serves as a tool for social commentary.
在莎士比亚的戏剧中,玩笑常常用作社会评论的工具。
She took his jest too seriously and got offended.
她对他的玩笑反应过于认真,感到被冒犯了。
The jest was meant to entertain, but it backfired.
这个玩笑原本是为了娱乐,但却适得其反了。
同义词:joke, pun, quip
反义词:seriousness, gravity
[[正式]] A jest is something you say that is intended to be amusing. 玩笑
例:It was a jest rather than a reproach.这是个玩笑而非指责。
[[PHR after v]] If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing. 当作玩笑话
例:Don't say that, even in jest.别提那事,哪怕是当作玩笑话。
[[正式]] If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. 开玩笑
例:He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies.他喜欢与他的死党饮酒说笑。