柯林斯詞典jest /d??st/ (jesting,jested,jests) 1. N-COUNT A jest is something you say that is intended to be amusing. 玩笑[正式] It was a jest rather than a reproach. 這是個(gè)玩笑而非指責(zé)。2. PHRASE If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing. 儅作玩笑話[PHR after v] Don't say that, even in jest. 別提那事，哪怕是儅作玩笑話。3. V-I If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. 開(kāi)玩笑[正式] He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies. 他喜歡與他的死黨飲酒說(shuō)笑。 返回 jesting