名词笑话，玩笑; 戏谑，诙谐; 笑柄

不及物动词开玩笑，打趣; 取笑，嘲弄

1. in jest : 开玩笑地；

不及物动词

1. Never jest about serious matters.
千万不要就严肃的事开玩笑。

2. Please don't jest with me.
请不要和我开玩笑。

名词

1. Their jests made everyone laugh.
他们说的俏皮话逗得大家哈哈大笑。

2. I only said it in jest.
我不过是开玩笑说说的。

3. Many a true word is spoken in jest.
玩笑话中常含有哲理。

1. 笑柄：jest with 取笑 | jest 笑柄 | jestbook 滑稽书

2. 戏弄：jersey 毛织运动衫 | jest 戏弄 | jet 喷射

3. 笑话：identify 辨认 | jest 笑话 | jet 喷射

4. jest在线翻译

1. 笑话；打趣；玩笑
A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing.

e.g. It was a jest rather than a reproach...
这与其说是责备，还不如说是句玩笑呢。
e.g. The men talk as cheerfully as ever; jests are bandied about freely.
男人们像往常一样高兴地聊着，彼此间随意开着玩笑。

2. 说笑话；开玩笑；打趣
If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things.

e.g. He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies...
他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
e.g. A newspaper half jested: Had alcohol not already killed him, this would surely drive him to drink.
一份报纸半开玩笑地写道：要不是喝酒已经要了他的命，这肯定会让他想要喝上一杯。

七彩网·英语单词

noun

1. activity characterized by good humor

Synonym: jokejocularity

2. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

e.g. he told a very funny joke
he knows a million gags
thanks for the laugh
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point

Synonym: jokegaglaughjape