persiflage
英 ['p??s?flɑ??]
美 ['p?s?flɑ?]
助記提示
1. sibil- => French: sifl- "hiss, whistle".
2. per- "through" + sifl- "hiss, whistle" + -age => persiflage.
3. 同源詞：sibil- / sifl- => sizzle.
中文詞源
persiflage 取笑，逗樂來自法語persifler,打趣，逗笑，來自per-,整個的，siffler,發嘶嘶聲，來自拉丁語sibilare,發嘶嘶聲，擬聲詞，詞源同sibilate.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.
- 當我們在討論如此嚴肅的問題的時候，這種戲謔的言辭是不恰當的。
來自辭典例句