jest about something
collocation拿某事开玩笑
They jested about the boss's new haircut.
他们拿老板的新发型开玩笑。
开玩笑;说笑话;打趣
jested — past of jest
讲笑话;戏谑地说话;取笑某事或某人。;讲笑话;幽默地说;讲笑话;嘲笑
To tell a joke; to speak in a playful or humorous manner.
讲笑话;戏谑地说话;取笑某事或某人。
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
讲笑话;幽默地说
tell a joke; speak humorously
一般现在时
He often jests about his own mistakes.
他常拿自己的错误开玩笑。
一般过去时
She jested with her friends at the party.
她在聚会上和朋友们开玩笑。
现在进行时
They are jesting in the classroom.
他们正在教室里说笑。
动词,规则变化,意指开玩笑或说幽默的话。
He jested about his own mistakes to lighten the mood.
他拿自己的错误开玩笑来缓和气氛。
用法提示:“jested”是过去式,表示幽默地说笑
She is always jesting with her friends, making everyone laugh.
她总是和朋友开玩笑,逗得大家笑。
用法提示:“jesting”是现在分词,表示开玩笑的动作
They jested that the meeting was so long they might need a vacation.
他们戏谑说会议太长了,可能需要休假。
用法提示:“jested”是过去式,后接that从句表示幽默地说
最常用、最直接,口语和书面都自然;比 jest 更口语化。
通常指双方轻松友好的逗笑对话,不一定要讲完整笑话;比 joke 更强调你来我往。
指机智、简短的一句逗趣评论,常带聪明或讽刺;不像 jest 可表示连续讲笑话。
宾语多为人,强调针对某人戏弄;语气可能带善意也可能带恶意,需看语境;jest 作“取笑”时较文气。
非正式,常用于“I'm just kidding”;不是真的想取笑,而是表明在说笑。
针对“说笑话;戏谑地说话”义项,表示态度认真、不搞笑;若表示“取笑他人”义项,则此词不适用。
针对“戏谑地说话”义项,指以认真而非取笑的语气说话;不适用于“取笑”义项。
针对“说笑话”义项,表示端庄稳重、不轻浮逗趣;与“取笑”义项不通用。
拿某事开玩笑
They jested about the boss's new haircut.
他们拿老板的新发型开玩笑。
取笑某人
Stop jesting at him; he feels embarrassed.
别再取笑他了,他觉得难为情。
与某人开玩笑
She jested with her colleagues during the break.
休息时她和同事们开玩笑。
开玩笑说……
He jested that the meeting would never end.
他开玩笑说会议永远开不完。
jest 的目的是引人发笑,笑声是相关的自然结果。
jest 常体现说话者的机智与幽默感。
jest 常出现在轻松互动的打趣氛围中。
jest 能给人带来娱乐和快乐。
jest 的语气通常是 playful 而非严肃的。
说正经的;开玩笑归开玩笑
Jesting aside, we need to talk about your grades.
说正经的,我们需要谈谈你的成绩。
没受过伤的人,才会拿伤疤开玩笑。——莎士比亚《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
She jested about her fear of spiders, pretending it was silly.
她拿自己对蜘蛛的恐惧开玩笑,假装那是件傻事。
别跟狗开玩笑,免得被咬。(谚语:不要轻视危险的事物。)
He jested with his boss about the deadline, but she was not amused.
他拿截止日期跟老板开玩笑,但她并不觉得有趣。
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