| 单词 | jest |
| 释义 | jest I. 1. a. obsolete b. < began as a jest and ended as a tragedy > < signs marking the city limits … pranksters carry off and plant in remote spots as a jest — American Guide Series: California > c. < a proper jest, and never heard before, that Suffolk should demand a whole fifteenth for costs and charges — Shakespeare > 2. a. < many a foul ribald jest at the expense of the prisoner — J.L.Motley > b. < the kind of wry jest that had sent the ancient gods into peals of ironic laughter — T.B.Costain > 3. a. < done in jest and not supposed to be taken seriously > < many a true word is spoken in jest > b. < I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of excellent fancy — Shakespeare > 4. < to be the standing jest of all one's acquaintance — R.B.Sheridan > Synonyms: see fun, joke II. intransitive verb 1. < mock not nor jest at anything or importance — George Washington > < jests at scars that never felt a wound — Shakespeare > 2. < you surely jest, interrupted I; I am a foreigner, and you would abuse my ignorance — Oliver Goldsmith > 3. < jested with her in a low voice — Anne D. Sedgwick > 4. obsolete < as gentle and as jocund as to jest go I to fight — Shakespeare > transitive verb < jested his friend over his fondness for horses > |
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