jest /dʒɛst/ TEM8 ( jesting, jested, jests )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A jest is something you say that is intended to be amusing. 玩笑 [正式]

  例：

  It was a jest rather than a reproach.

  这是个玩笑而非指责。

• 2. 

  PHRASE If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing. 当作玩笑话 [PHR after v]

  例：

  Don't say that, even in jest.

  别提那事，哪怕是当作玩笑话。

• 3. 

  V-I If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. 开玩笑 [正式]

  例：

  He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies.

  他喜欢与他的死党饮酒说笑。