persiflage

n. 戏弄, 插科打诨, 嘲弄, 挖苦

发音

UK /ˈpɜː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/
US /ˈpɝː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/

词形变化

persiflages 复数 persiflages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Good-natured banter; raillery.

    可数 不可数

    After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.

  2. 2.

    Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.

    可数 不可数

    Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

banter give and take backchat raillery

词源

From French persiflage, from persifler (“to quiz, tease, mock”), from per- + siffler (“to whistle”), from Latin sībilō (“whistle”).

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