jesting

英 [ˈdʒestɪŋ]

美 [ˈdʒestɪŋ]

v.  开玩笑; 说笑话
jest的现在分词

GRE

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 笑话；打趣；玩笑
  Ajestis something that you say that is intended to be amusing.
  1. It was a jest rather than a reproach...
     这与其说是责备，还不如说是句玩笑呢。
  2. 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。
• VERB 说笑话；开玩笑；打趣
  If youjest, you tell jokes or say amusing things.
  1. He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies...
     他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by jokes and good humor
  Synonym:jocosejocularjoking

双语例句

• So remember then; this is no jesting matter.
  你要记住：这不是玩笑。
• "I wonder," said Leigh Mallory in a heavily jesting tone.
  “我感到怀疑，”利·马洛里用浓厚的戏谑语调说。
• What is truth; said jesting pilate;
  善戏谑的彼拉多曾说：真理是什么呢？
• It's no matter for jesting.
  没有取笑的理由。
• This jesting evolved over time into a tradition of playing pranks on1 April.
  随着时间的推移，就形成了在四月一日恶作剧的传统。
• There is no jesting in war.
  军中无戏言。
• Throughout the interview she kept her temper perfectly, laughing and jesting.
  在整个会见过程中，她从容不迫，谈笑自如。
• He did it rarely but now he could not resist jesting with the Don.
  他很少这样但是现在他无法抗拒和老爷子打趣的冲动。
• She was not entirely at ease with the jesting Birdsong.
  她和爱开玩笑的伯德桑在一起并不感到很自在。
• The cloud of spectators followed, jesting, in a paroxysm of delight.
  一大群观众，乐到发狂，嘴里胡言乱语，都跟着走。