Pleasantry
n. 幽默, 开玩笑
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pleasantry
n
(fml 文)
(a) humorous remark; joke 幽默的话; 笑话
The children smiled politely at the visitor's pleasantries. 孩子听了客人说的幽默话, 都斯文地笑了.
(b) polite remarks 有礼貌的话; 客气话
After an exchange of pleasantries, the leaders started their negotiations. 领导人互相寒暄一番, 然後开始谈判.
🗣️ 情景例句
Sounds like no -- snow.
声音像 no，"snow。
I ate ham for breakfast yesterday.
我昨天早饭吃的是火腿。
After working with bees for many years, Professor Von Frisch was puzzled by something he had noticed again and again.
在和蜜蜂打了多年的交道后，冯·弗里施教授对他反复注意到的事感到迷惑。