v.说笑话,开玩笑( jest的过去式和过去分词 );
例句:
They jested at the idea that man will someday fly to the moon.
他们嘲笑过关于人总有一天要飞到月球上去的想法.
He jested at what is sacred.
他嘲笑神圣的事物.
Again, more happily than she had written for years, she jested.
而且, 她还用比过去几年更快乐的笔调,诙谐地写作.