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jest

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jest1 /dʒest/ noun [countableC] formal
JOKING/NOT SERIOUSsomething you say that is intended to be funny, not serious 玩笑;笑話 SYN joke
I wasn’t sure whether to treat her words as a jest.
我吃不準是否該把她的話當成玩笑。
in jest
His serious face told me that he was not speaking in jest.
他嚴肅的表情告訴我,他不是在說着玩的。
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jest2 verb [intransitiveI] formal or old use
FUNNYto say things that you do not really mean in order to amuse people 說笑話;開玩笑
‘Do I look as if I am jesting?’ she asked, her face pale and tense.
難道我看上去像是在開玩笑?她問道,臉色蒼白,神情緊張。
jestingly adverbadv
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Origin jest1
(1200-1300) Old French geste action, from Latin gesta (plural), from gerere to behave, perform

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