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pleasantry

n.幽默,开玩笑

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名词复数:pleasantries

词根

plac,pleas=to please(取悦;使高兴)

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wit  humor  wittiness  whim  drollery  pleasantry  farce  buffoonery  fooling  humor  fun  pun  prank    

pleasantry


/'plezntrɪ; `plɛzntrɪ/
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.

pleasantry


npluralpleasantries [C usually plural]formal

things that you say to someone in order to be polite, but which are not very important
 Stephen and Mr Illing exchanged pleasantries .