jest

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.
中文释义
发音 jĕst

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act performed for amusement; a joke. archaic
    — I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
  2. Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke. archaic
    — Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
  3. A deed; an action; a gest. obsolete
    — the jests or actions of princes
  4. A mask; a pageant; an interlude. obsolete
    — He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
动词 v.
  1. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
    — Surely you jest!
副词 adv.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of just. Shropshire,Southern-US,alt-of,not-comparable,pronunciation-spelling
    — So I jest called out to know what was up, and found it was Miss Vanholte's cowboys, who had been forced into the store by them rascally ruffins.

词形变化

jests plural jests present,singular,third-person jesting participle,present jested participle,past jested past

词汇关系

衍生词
in jest jestee jesty outjest

词源

From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
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