jest / dʒɛst /

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jest3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a joke or witty remark; witticism.
  2. a bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; taunt.
  3. sport or fun: to speak half in jest, half in earnest.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to speak in a playful, humorous, or facetious way; joke.
  2. to speak or act in mere sport, rather than in earnest; trifle: Please don't jest with me.
  3. to utter derisive speeches; gibe or scoff.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to deride or joke at; banter.

jest 近义词

n. 名词 noun

joke

v. 动词 verb

joke

更多jest例句

  1. Sometimes when backpacking, we’d yip in jest, and she’d throw her head back and join in with a heart-rattling howl.
  2. Yes, some Losers have complained to me — only sometimes in jest — about being forced to read enormous amounts of news coverage for 11 straight days.
  3. This is the experience that some people—not I, mind you, but some people—have when reading Infinite Jest, for instance.
  4. After a while, he began to jest that there were snipers across the street trying to get him.
  5. Rawcus has to provide a solid argument in his rhetoric to make such an accusation, even in jest.
  6. And this explosion was fictional and in jest, so you can call it a pretty big hoot!
  7. It may have been said in jest, but a legion of Hollywood actresses would have nodded ruefully in unison.
  8. I've tried to teach lots of folks; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em.
  9. I allow we shan't never set eyes on ter her, Jos. I've got jest thet feelin' abaout it.
  10. I never see sech hosses; 'n' they're jest like kittens; they've ben drefful pets, I allow.
  11. I ain't a gwine ter back daown naow; but I dew jest wish Jeff Hyer wuz along.
  12. But I allow they'd flatten us all aout in jest abaout a minnit, if they wuz to set aout tew!