facetious

FREQ #42282

a. 滑稽的, 爱开玩笑的

发音

AU /fəˈsiːʃəs/
US /fəˈsiːʃəs/

词形变化

more facetious 比较级 most facetious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.

    Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.

  2. 2.

    Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

  3. 3.

    humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

bantering tongue-in-cheek

近义相关 2

humorous humourous

词源

From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).

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