persiflage
英 ['pɜːsɪflɑːʒ]
美['pɝsɪflɑʒ]
- n. 挖苦；嘲弄；戏谑
英英释义
- 1. light teasing
实用场景例句
- The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.
- 当我们在讨论如此严肃的问题的时候，这种戏谑的言辞是不恰当的。
辞典例句
中文词源
persiflage 取笑，逗乐
来自法语persifler,打趣，逗笑，来自per-,整个的，siffler,发嘶嘶声，来自拉丁语sibilare,发嘶嘶声，拟声词，词源同sibilate.
助记提示
1. sibil- => French: sifl- "hiss, whistle".
2. per- "through" + sifl- "hiss, whistle" + -age => persiflage.
3. 同源词：sibil- / sifl- => sizzle.
2. per- "through" + sifl- "hiss, whistle" + -age => persiflage.
3. 同源词：sibil- / sifl- => sizzle.
双语例句
- 1. The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.
- 当我们在讨论如此严肃的问题的时候，这种戏谑的言辞是不恰当的。
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- persiflage (n.)
- 1757, from French persiflage, from persifler "to banter" (18c.), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + French siffler "to whistle, hiss," from collateral form of Latin sibilare "to hiss," possibly of imitative origin. Said to have been introduced in English by Chesterfield.