单词	jest
释义	jest1 nounjest2 verb jestjest1 /dʒest/ noun [countable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINjest1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French geste ‘action’, from Latin gesta (plural), from gerere ‘to behave, perform’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His companion chuckled at the jest, but Gravelet, whose stage name was Blondin, was deadly serious. In jest or earnest, such a man would not wish to leave this human and more than human mystery unresolved. It was made more in jest than seriousness but it does convey the nature of the Nicholson's operation. King: I like your jest, but no. There had been anger as well at the cruel jest of fate that had brought her into love with her own brother. They exchanged words, not all of which appeared to be in jest. What he said in 1 714, perhaps in jest, later gained acceptance as the perfect moniker for the marine timekeeper. Your jest is in poor taste. something you say that is intended to be funny, not serious SYN  joke:  I wasn’t sure whether to treat her words as a jest.in jest His serious face told me that he was not speaking in jest. jest1 nounjest2 verb jestjest2 verb [intransitive] formal or old use Verb Table VERB TABLE jest Simple Form Present I, you, we, they jest he, she, it jests Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they jested Present perfect I, you, we, they have jested he, she, it has jested Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had jested Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will jest Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have jested Continuous Form Present I am jesting he, she, it is jesting you, we, they are jesting Past I, he, she, it was jesting you, we, they were jesting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been jesting he, she, it has been jesting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been jesting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be jesting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been jesting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A cloud rested on my mind, which was occasioned by talking and jesting. But of course you are jesting. Sometimes this is within a light-hearted context, a move from jesting about love to declaring a more serious passion. to say things that you do not really mean in order to amuse people:  ‘Do I look as if I am jesting?’ she asked, her face pale and tense.—jestingly adverb
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