释义 |
jestjest2 verb [intransitive] formal or old use VERB TABLEjest |
Present | I, you, we, they | jest | | he, she, it | jests | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jested | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jested | | he, she, it | has jested | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jested | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jest | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jested |
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Present | I | am jesting | | he, she, it | is jesting | | you, we, they | are jesting | Past | I, he, she, it | was jesting | | you, we, they | were jesting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jesting | | he, she, it | has been jesting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jesting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jesting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jesting |
- A cloud rested on my mind, which was occasioned by talking and jesting.
- But of course you are jesting.
- Sometimes this is within a light-hearted context, a move from jesting about love to declaring a more serious passion.
to say things that you do not really mean in order to amuse people: ‘Do I look as if I am jesting?’ she asked, her face pale and tense.—jestingly adverb |