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
Studying is a big boring, but it sure beats the unemployment queues.
学习是有点枯燥，但比起失业来好多了。
He has majored in biology.
他专供生物学。
The house moved and a few pictures fell off the wall, but that was all.
房屋也在动，几幅画从墙上掉下来，但只是这些。