Facetious

(a.) Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

(a.) Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.

录入:米歇尔

• They are partly facetious, but also contain a germ of truth. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• At this facetious speech, the young boy, it is almost needless to say, was fairly convulsed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We might have treated this subject in the genteel, or in the romantic, or in the facetious manner. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• However, he took affairs as coolly as it was in human nature to do, and entertained himself with the facetious idea of the training more than once. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• And, with that, aunty gave George a nudge with her finger, designed to be immensely facetious, and turned again to her griddle with great briskness. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He was lively and facetious at dinner. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It is a fine piece of irony; it is the only facetious remark in the Bible, I believe. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

校对:斯坦顿