n. 笑柄, 笑话

vi. 讲笑话, 嘲笑, 开玩笑

vt. 嘲笑

Jest \Jest\ (j[e^]st), n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action,
story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl.
from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish,
perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin
to E. come. Cf. {Gest} a deed, {Register}, n.]
1. A deed; an action; a gest. [Obs.]

The jests or actions of princes. --Sir T.
Elyot.

2. A mask; a pageant; an interlude. [Obs.] --Nares.

He promised us, in honor of our guest,
To grace our banquet with some pompous jest. --Kyd.

3. Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a
witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See
Synonyms under {Jest}, v. i.

I must be sad . . . smile at no man's jests. --Shak.

The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his
memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his
facts. --Sheridan.

4. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

Then let me be your jest; I deserve it. --Shak.

{In jest}, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and
reality; not in earnest.

And given in earnest what I begged in jest. --Shak.

{Jest book}, a book containing a collection of jests, jokes,
and amusing anecdotes; a Joe Miller.


Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jesting}.]
1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
light of anything.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak.

Syn: To joke; sport; rally.

Usage: To {Jest}, {Joke}. One jests in order to make others
laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually
at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a
joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good
humor without wounding the feelings of its object.
``Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes
frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be
degraded by being turned into a jest.'' --Crabb.