jest

美 [dʒest]
英 [dʒest]
  • v.开玩笑；说笑话
  • n.笑话；玩笑；俏皮话；打趣
  • 网络取笑；笑柄；嘲笑
复数：jests  现在分词：jesting  过去式：jested  

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网络释义

JEST
n.
1.
笑话；俏皮话；打趣；玩笑something said or done to amuse people
IDM
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。
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。
v.
1.
[i][t]
~ (about sth).+ speech
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？

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释义:
全部全部,开玩笑开玩笑,说笑话说笑话,笑话笑话,玩笑玩笑,俏皮话俏皮话,打趣打趣,取笑取笑,笑柄笑柄,嘲笑嘲笑
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1.
but when questioned as to his affairs of the heart, he either kept silence or answered with a jest.
然而当问题至于他的心手相连，他要么保持沉默要么回答同一个玩笑。
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2.
I've realized that you scaring me was all in jest. Allow me to say, job well done.
我知道你吓唬我是开玩笑的，请允许我称赞一句：干得好！
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3.
But at least in comparison to Infinite Jest, this book was more accessible, more identifiable.
但是，至少和《无穷尽的笑话》相比，这本书更容易接近，更可分辨。
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4.
Villagers in Jombang in East Java remembered him, as a boy, tied to the flagpole in the front yard for some jest that had gone too far.
东爪哇省班宗县的村民们记得他，那个因为恶搞过火而被系在前院旗杆子上的小男孩。
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5.
Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.
希刺克厉夫又微笑了，好像把那个粗人算作他的儿子，简直是把玩笑开得太莽撞了。
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6.
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。
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7.
Look I know my lid is starting to look a little lean, but I don't need a woman reminding me. . . even if it's in jest.
注意我知道那时我头发已经有点稀少了，但我却不需要一个女人提醒我…即便是在家里面。
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8.
Part jest, part provocation, the posters still come up in conversation most days around the two clubs.
是玩笑还是挑衅，这幅海报在两家俱乐部间引发的口水战持续已经有些日子了。
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9.
As she passed out along the hall after getting her hat, a young machine hand, attracted by her looks, made bold to jest with her.
当她拿着帽子顺大厅出来时，一个年轻的机床工人被她的姿色所吸引，大胆地和她说笑起来。
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10.
do not let us jest , " gravely replied bertuccio , " and dare not to utter that name again as you have pronounced it .
“我们不要开玩笑，”贝尔图乔严肃地说，“这个名字不随便可以说的，你不要太放肆了。”
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