pleasantry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A casual, courteous remark. countable,proscribed,sometimes,uncountable
  2. A playful remark; a jest. countable,uncountable
    — Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.
  3. Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment. countable,dated,uncountable
    — C.O.O: "The office was quite close to the home of our youth—" CHRM: "Thomas, your trip to Suitopia was not meant to be for pleasantries." C.O.O: "No… I know… But I was close by, so I went to visit them…" CHRM: "You should not have. You and I both know the way they are."

词形变化

pleasantries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
unpleasantry
相关词
small talk

词源

From pleasant + -ry, probably modelled on Middle French plaisanterie.
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