Jest

(noun.) activity characterized by good humor.

卡特编辑

• You do jest; zis is not ze palace; we come there directly. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Lord bless us, Mas'r, said Sam, in a tone of the deepest concern, and me that has been racin' and chasin' till the sweat jest pours off me! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Now, Quimbo, said Legree, as he stretched himself down in the sitting-room, you jest go and walk that Tom up here, right away! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He can't bear a word; a jest of any kind. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I'm jest a runnin' over our business, to see if we can take up this yer handily. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Why, Tom, you must know I know the moSt. O, Mas'r, haven't you jest read how he hides from the wise and prudent, and reveals unto babes? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I read suspicion there and annoyance, but no jest. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Once I thought the hints and jests rained upon a young fair-haired foreigner of the party, whom they called Heinrich Mühler. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I shook her, I chid her, I pinched her fingers when she tried to put me off with gibes and jests in her queer provoking way, and at last out it came. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The girl's beauty elicited many brutal comments and vulgar jests. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Not at all: they are full of jests and gaiety. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But these jests did not tell materially on the afternoon, or his suspense; and, sooth to say, they both lagged fearfully. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• An instant ago, all sparkles and jests, she now sat sterner than a judge and graver than a sage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Oh, of course you are jesting! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Caroline sped like levelled shaft from bent bow; after her rang a jesting, gibing laugh. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Tom, Dick, and Harry are very fond of it, as it expands their lungs and quenches their thirSt But there, I am only jesting. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I am not jesting. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He added, in a jesting way, that perhaps George Washington might gain almost as great a name in history as George the Third. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• No; I am Chloris, the goddess of flowers, she answered, entering into the spirit of his jesting speech. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And Graham, yielding to his bent for mischief, laughed, jested, and whispered on till I could bear no more, and my eyes filled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Nobody hinted, nobody jested. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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