音标:[dʒest] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 笑柄, 笑话
vi. 讲笑话, 嘲笑, 开玩笑
vt. 嘲笑
n. activity characterized by good humor
词型变化:现在分词 : jesting ; 名词复数形式 : jests ; 第三人称单数 : jests ; 过去式 : jested ; 过去分词 : jested
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
名词70%
动词30%

jest的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. They made a jest of his ignorance.他们笑话他无知。
  2. He spoke it in a kind of jest, but it was with such an awkward smile.他用一种说笑的口吻说着,但是说时带着那么不自然的微笑。
  3. I said in jest I would marry Jim.我开玩笑说要嫁给吉姆。
  4. It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.事情以玩笑开始,以悲剧告终。
用作动词(v.)
  1. He is not a man to jest with.他是个不能开玩笑的人。
  2. Do not jest about serious things .对于重要的事情不能当儿戏。
  3. You jest so lightly in a time of crisis?在这时候你还有心情开玩笑?

词汇搭配

  • in jest开玩笑地
  • break a jest说笑话
  • standing jest老牌的笑靶儿,经常受...
  • Many a true word is spoken in jest.笑语之中吐真言。...
  • jest with edge tools玩弄利刃

经典引文

  • Alexander taking it for a iest would not beleeve it.

    出自:T. Washington
  • He..made an oath he would never jest at spirits again.

    出自:F. Brooke
【近义词】

Accepts you as you are 接受原本的你 Believes in you 相信你这个人 Calls you just to say Hi 打电话给你只是想说声嗨 Doesn't give up on you 从不放弃对你的信心 Envisions the whole of you 预期你总是尽全力 Forgives yo

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(339) / 评论(0) 分类 情满人间的温馨故事

capital ['kpitl] n.首都,大写字母 different ['difrənt] a.不同的,差异的 fireplace ['faiəpleis] n.壁炉 honest ['ɔnist] a.诚实的 little ['litl] a.小的,少许 nursery ['nə:səri] n.托儿所 rail [reil] n.横木,栏杆,铁轨

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(316) / 评论(0) 分类 1200个常用英语口语单词(MP3+文本)

有形with无形by,语言 、单位、材料in 例:The workers are paving a road with stone. 工人们正用石子铺路。(有形) The teacher is correcting the paper with a new pen. 这位教师正

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(254) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语

本期内容: Around 500 tons of the oysters are clogging parts of the Scandinavian coast, threatening native species. In jest, Denmark's embassy in China turned to social media, inviting Chinese tourists to eat the shellfish. The post has received

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(226) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

摩擦音[j] 发音要领: [j]是舌前硬腭滑动音一一舌位:舌前部抬向硬腭,近似发[i:]的舌位;唇形:展唇;气流:从抬起的舌身与硬腭之间通过,产生摩擦;声带:振动。 技巧提示: [j]是一个滑

发表于:2019-02-28 / 阅读(355) / 评论(0) 分类 英语国际音标
学英语单词
abstract impressionism
accelerating gun
addatys
An Nabī Yūnus
antecedence
antialbumid
arlytene
arteria recurrens
awearies
awi-
Bacillus buccalis fortuitus
bank internet payment system
barbeque
beet storage
Bimini Islands
black turf soil
blood pressure measurement
broken swim
burning shame
bushed
butylamines
chamfered corner length
consultation system
cottony-cushion scale
culcitoside
current trend
d'ancona
decade inductancebox
diffuse spot
double shielding
drip melting
dromotrope
electrical facilities of wind farm
electron-electron coupling
Emāmzādeh Ebrāhīm
erythrodermie pityriasique enplaques disseminees
facetimed
free bend ductility
Galton rank order test
genus glycyrrhizas
glutatiol
heart disease
hirtodrosophila trivittata
home-works
hopper base
hum-to-signal ratio
hypertrophic obstructive primary cardiomyopathy
hypo-irritability
ibm 1403
industrial relations
infinitary logic
inner reticular layer
interpersonal notification
jettison
johannes evangelista purkinjes
karoo buchu
laser spectrum
learn to say before you sing
life-assurance
loose ceiling
losing out
metamorphizing
micro film equipment
Mouscron
multistage distribution procedure
n-nitrosoes
national labor relation board
Nischintāpur
noise suppression network
north seas
obex
odd even sorting algorithm
one person, one vote
osed
ostrav
Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica
pitch-hole
porras
pressure alopecia
puppy feet
radiation monitoring film
rain cloth
reattracts
reciprocal form
reference fringe
rolling-press
run time stack top
spinked
splitting
standard feature
stollers
switchoff
taichis
tatti
three-point assay
three-timer
trained worker
tzarevich
unventilatable
uterus duplex bicornis
Zebulonite
zendic