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

• He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies
  他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
• 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。
• What is truth; said jesting pilate;
  善戏谑的彼拉多曾说：真理是什么呢？
• 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。
• He is fond of jesting.
  他好开玩笑。
• We never play with fire, and they never play with it, either. It is ill jesting with edged tools.
  我们从来不玩火，他们从来也不玩火。
• He is awfully fond of jesting.
  他极爱开玩笑。
• 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。
• His smiles, his forgiveness, his sometimes pleasant jesting were all a horrible offence.
  他的微笑、他的饶恕、他那有时有趣的俏皮话，完全是一种可怕的进攻。
• He added, in a jesting way, that perhaps George Washington might gain almost as great a name in history as George the third.
  他还开玩笑说乔治-华盛顿也许会名标青史，跟乔治三世不相上下。