persiflage
- n. 挖苦;嘲弄;戏谑
助记提示
2. per- "through" + sifl- "hiss, whistle" + -age => persiflage.
3. 同源词:sibil- / sifl- => sizzle.
中文词源
来自法语persifler,打趣,逗笑,来自per-,整个的,siffler,发嘶嘶声,来自拉丁语sibilare,发嘶嘶声,拟声词,词源同sibilate.
英文词源
- persiflage (n.)
- 1757, from French persiflage, from persifler "to banter" (18c.), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + French siffler "to whistle, hiss," from collateral form of Latin sibilare "to hiss," possibly of imitative origin. Said to have been introduced in English by Chesterfield.
双语例句
- 1. The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.
- 当我们在讨论如此严肃的问题的时候,这种戏谑的言辞是不恰当的。
来自辞典例句