jest 的 3 个定义
- a joke or witty remark; witticism.
- a bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; taunt.
- sport or fun: to speak half in jest, half in earnest.
- (5)
- to speak in a playful, humorous, or facetious way; joke.
- to speak or act in mere sport, rather than in earnest; trifle: Please don't jest with me.
- to utter derisive speeches; gibe or scoff.
- to deride or joke at; banter.
jest 近义词
joke
joke
更多jest例句
- Sometimes when backpacking, we’d yip in jest, and she’d throw her head back and join in with a heart-rattling howl.
- 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.
- This is the experience that some people—not I, mind you, but some people—have when reading Infinite Jest, for instance.
- After a while, he began to jest that there were snipers across the street trying to get him.
- Rawcus has to provide a solid argument in his rhetoric to make such an accusation, even in jest.
- And this explosion was fictional and in jest, so you can call it a pretty big hoot!
- It may have been said in jest, but a legion of Hollywood actresses would have nodded ruefully in unison.
- 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.
- I allow we shan't never set eyes on ter her, Jos. I've got jest thet feelin' abaout it.
- I never see sech hosses; 'n' they're jest like kittens; they've ben drefful pets, I allow.
- I ain't a gwine ter back daown naow; but I dew jest wish Jeff Hyer wuz along.
- But I allow they'd flatten us all aout in jest abaout a minnit, if they wuz to set aout tew!