The remark was made half in jest.
这话是半开玩笑说出的。
‘Many a true word is spoken in jest,’ thought Rosie(= people often say things as a joke that are actually true) .
“许多真话都是在玩笑中说出的。”罗西想。
The remark was made half in jest.
这话是半开玩笑说出的。
‘Many a true word is spoken in jest,’ thought Rosie(= people often say things as a joke that are actually true) .
“许多真话都是在玩笑中说出的。”罗西想。
to say things that are not serious or true, especially in order to make sb laugh
Would I jest about such a thing?
这种事我会说着玩吗？
1.玩笑,笑话,俏皮话
2.戏谑,诙谐;打趣
3.笑柄
1.开玩笑,打趣 (with)
2.取笑,嘲弄 (at)
3.对...开玩笑,嘲笑
1.a joke
1.to speak in a way that is not serious
1.but when questioned as to his affairs of the heart, he either kept silence or answered with a jest.
然而当问题至于他的心手相连，他要么保持沉默要么回答同一个玩笑。
2.I've realized that you scaring me was all in jest. Allow me to say, job well done.
我知道你吓唬我是开玩笑的，请允许我称赞一句：干得好！
3.But at least in comparison to Infinite Jest, this book was more accessible, more identifiable.
但是，至少和《无穷尽的笑话》相比，这本书更容易接近，更可分辨。
4.Villagers in Jombang in East Java remembered him, as a boy, tied to the flagpole in the front yard for some jest that had gone too far.
东爪哇省班宗县的村民们记得他，那个因为恶搞过火而被系在前院旗杆子上的小男孩。
5.Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.
希刺克厉夫又微笑了，好像把那个粗人算作他的儿子，简直是把玩笑开得太莽撞了。
6.The last JEST concept to understand is how it specifies a communication protocol and a URI scheme.
JEST的最后一个概念是理解它是如何指定一个通信协议和URI模式的。
7.Look I know my lid is starting to look a little lean, but I don't need a woman reminding me. . . even if it's in jest.
注意我知道那时我头发已经有点稀少了，但我却不需要一个女人提醒我…即便是在家里面。
8.Part jest, part provocation, the posters still come up in conversation most days around the two clubs.
是玩笑还是挑衅，这幅海报在两家俱乐部间引发的口水战持续已经有些日子了。
9.As she passed out along the hall after getting her hat, a young machine hand, attracted by her looks, made bold to jest with her.
当她拿着帽子顺大厅出来时，一个年轻的机床工人被她的姿色所吸引，大胆地和她说笑起来。
10.do not let us jest , " gravely replied bertuccio , " and dare not to utter that name again as you have pronounced it .
“我们不要开玩笑，”贝尔图乔严肃地说，“这个名字不随便可以说的，你不要太放肆了。”