jest，英语单词，主要用作名词、
不及物动词、及物动词，作名词时译为“笑话，俏皮话；玩笑”，作不及物动词时译为“开玩笑；嘲笑”，作及物动词时译为“嘲笑”。
1.N-COUNT A jest is something you say that is intended to be amusing. 玩笑 [正式]
2.PHRASE If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing. 当作玩笑话 [PHR after v]
3.V-I If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. 开玩笑 [正式]