Jest
[dʒest] or [dʒɛst]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A deed; an action; a gest.
(n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
(n.) Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.
(v. i.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
(v. i.) To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
(v. i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
手打:罗莎琳德
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Joke, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.
n. [1]. Joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, JEU D'ESPRIT.[2]. Raillery, fun, SPORT.
安托万整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Joke, raillery, fun, sport, quip, witticism
ANT:Earnest, seriousness, gravity
艾丽莎手打
解釋/意思:
n. something ludicrous: joke: fun: something uttered in sport: object of laughter.—v.i. to make a jest: to joust.—ns. Jest′-book a collection of funny stories; Jest′er one who jests: a buffoon: a court-fool.—adj. Jest′ful given to jesting.—adv. Jest′ingly.—n. Jest′ing-stock a butt for jests.
杰拉尔德編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- You do jest; zis is not ze palace; we come there directly. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Lord bless us, Mas'r, said Sam, in a tone of the deepest concern, and me that has been racin' and chasin' till the sweat jest pours off me! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Now, Quimbo, said Legree, as he stretched himself down in the sitting-room, you jest go and walk that Tom up here, right away! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He can't bear a word; a jest of any kind. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I'm jest a runnin' over our business, to see if we can take up this yer handily. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Why, Tom, you must know I know the moSt. O, Mas'r, haven't you jest read how he hides from the wise and prudent, and reveals unto babes? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I read suspicion there and annoyance, but no jest. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Once I thought the hints and jests rained upon a young fair-haired foreigner of the party, whom they called Heinrich Mühler. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I shook her, I chid her, I pinched her fingers when she tried to put me off with gibes and jests in her queer provoking way, and at last out it came. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The girl's beauty elicited many brutal comments and vulgar jests. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Not at all: they are full of jests and gaiety. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But these jests did not tell materially on the afternoon, or his suspense; and, sooth to say, they both lagged fearfully. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- An instant ago, all sparkles and jests, she now sat sterner than a judge and graver than a sage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Oh, of course you are jesting! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Caroline sped like levelled shaft from bent bow; after her rang a jesting, gibing laugh. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Tom, Dick, and Harry are very fond of it, as it expands their lungs and quenches their thirSt But there, I am only jesting. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I am not jesting. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He added, in a jesting way, that perhaps George Washington might gain almost as great a name in history as George the Third. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- No; I am Chloris, the goddess of flowers, she answered, entering into the spirit of his jesting speech. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And Graham, yielding to his bent for mischief, laughed, jested, and whispered on till I could bear no more, and my eyes filled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Nobody hinted, nobody jested. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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