jests

jest[dʒest]

• n.
  • 笑话，俏皮话
  • 戏谑，诙谐；打趣；嘲笑
  • 笑柄，笑料
  • 玩笑；滑稽事
  • [废语]功绩，业绩[参较 gest]
  • [废语]诗体故事，诗体传奇
• vi.
  • 玩笑；嘲弄(常与at连用):

    Don't jest at her.

    不要取笑她。

  • 开玩笑；打趣(常与with连用):

    He's not a man to jest with.

    他不是一个可以玩笑的人。

• vt.
  • 戏弄，取笑，打趣：

    He jests me on my folly.

    他嘲笑我的愚蠢。

• 短语:
  • break(或drop)a jest 说笑话
  • in jest 开玩笑地，打趣地，诙谐地

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• kowtower
• jingoes
• S. Rept.
• lose a wager
• meet the ear
• biofuels
• santiagoes
• a fish out of water
• quarter line
• equivalent for
• photoperiodically
• off one's crust
• caddy car
• Hannah
• cymbocephalic
• dissatisfiedness
• preexamination
• jillions
• ascribe sth to sb
• say
• be in good standing with
• eat-in
• the golden mean
• interculturally
• hot editing
• talmas
• do something like a bird
• bekaas
• ball handling
• speak / ask / answer etc directly
• berlines
• lay a （或the） ghost
• dandiprats
• on a dime
• lobately
• misfeed
• Wales
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• soul-destroying
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• cisco
• on the point of
• not care（或give）a hang
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• body popper
• Better Government Association
• tapescripts
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• contractional
• Counsellor of State
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• winced
• nominalizable
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• mental health day
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• An Tostal
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• adapt (oneself) to
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• Viennese
• Trinidadian and Tobagonian
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• sulphadiazine
• only half the story