| 词汇 | jest |
| 释义 | jest noun formaluk /dʒest/ us /dʒest/ [ C ] something that is said or done in order to be funny: 笑话;滑稽事 His proposal was no jest - he was completely sincere.他的建议不是开玩笑，他完全是认真的。 in jest intended as a joke and not said seriously: 开玩笑地，诙谐地 I only said it in jest - you're obviously not fat.我那么说是开玩笑——很显然，你不胖。 Humour & humorous amusingly bitingly blackly bone dryidiom bring coruscating drily gag GSOH jocose lightly mordancy non-serious pawky photobomb photobombing rib roast standing joke wisecrack Idiommany a true word is spoken in jest jest verb[ I ] uk /dʒest/ us /dʒest/ to say something intended to be funny: 开玩笑 Would I jest about something so important?我会拿这么重要的事开玩笑吗？ Humour & humorous amusingly bitingly blackly bone dryidiom bring coruscating drily gag GSOH jocose lightly mordancy non-serious pawky photobomb photobombing rib roast standing joke wisecrack jest | American Dictionaryjest noun[ C ] us/dʒest/ a joke: We were able to laugh aloud at every jest. in jest If you say something in jest, you are not serious about it: His remarks about the Beatles were in jest. Examples of jestjest Each of the fool's jests is preceded by a poem that describes the fool in detail with particular emphasis on his physical appearance and the nature of his mental shortcomings. The verb est' "eat" takes a different prefix to signal telicity: s-jest'. There must always be a hidden profundity within the humorist's jest. Later he was to comment, only partly in jest, that television lectures were an easy way to write books. More specifically, it is important to ask what exactly is the nature of the humorous jest. Now supposing the revocation of the whole text at the end is itself a kind of jest ? In these cases verse takes on another dimension of seriousness by its juxtaposition with the prose of jest and the evasion of responsibilities. In fact, the jest reveals a level of mental compulsion that verges on psychosis. They are endured as tolerances for pain and ambiguity permit, and then dismissed - sometimes with solemnity, sometimes with a jest - from sight and mind. Everything is just disguise, play, jest, flirtation and irony: things that ought to be in every way more difficult to grasp than the usual ordinariness of life. However, it is also a result of his seemingly unquenchable appetite - in a further jest discussed below he destroys the dairy while glutting himself on its contents. I chaffed about their going and made jests about it, but since they came back they have written reports of 30,000 words each. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inexpensive jests about hypothetical millionaires have very little in them beyond the amusement of the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been jesting, but there is a serious issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the oldest jests in history is the silly excuse for the unwanted child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of jest These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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