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
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开玩笑；说笑话；打趣
To tell a joke; to speak in a playful or humorous manner.
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。
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
jest
Base
原形
jests
3rd person
第三人称单数
jesting
-ing
现在分词
jested
Past
过去式
jested
Past participle
过去分词
He often jests about his own mistakes.
他常拿自己的错误开玩笑。
She jested with her friends at the party.
她在聚会上和朋友们开玩笑。
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。
She is always jesting with her friends, making everyone laugh.
她总是和朋友开玩笑，逗得大家笑。
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。
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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。
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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小丑(jester)常 jest(讲笑话)，去掉 -er 就是开玩笑的动词 jest。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品或正式写作中、正式或略带文雅的谈话中 动词jest较为正式，多用于文学作品或稍文雅的正式场合，表示‘开玩笑、说笑话’。日常口语里更常说joke；使用jest会带一点书面或旧式语感。
不及物动词，常用于幽默语境。
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