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
An oil tanker ran aground and lost about 15,000 gallons of gas into the sea.
一般油轮搁浅，把 15000 加仑油倾泻在海里了。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
蚀了本也输了利。
I'm lost.
我迷路了。