单词 | jest |
释义 | jest ![]() n. 1. A playful or frivolous mood or manner: spoken in jest. 2. A playful remark; a witticism or joke. 3. A playful or amusing act; a prank. 4. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock: "There are people ... so cruel as to make a jest of me" (Charles Dickens). intr.v. jest·ed, jest·ing, jests 1. To make witty or amusing remarks. 2. To act in a playful or facetious manner. [Middle English geste, tale, from Old French, from Latin gesta, deeds, from neuter pl. past participle of gerere, to perform.] jesting·ly adv. |
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