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badinage

/bad-n-ahzh, bad-n-ij/US // ˌbæd nˈɑʒ, ˈbæd n ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ) //

坏消息,坏事,坏事儿,坏事做尽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : light, playful banter or raillery.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bad·i·naged, bad·i·nag·ing.

    • : to banter with or tease playfully.

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Examples

  • Going back, Liszt indulged in a little graceful badinage apropos of the concerto.

  • He felt the pathos of her black gown; but she had rallied from the first shock of her sorrow, and met him in his key of badinage.

  • He challenged me, in badinage, as though he had a right to say who should visit Wardour.

  • I could not be annoyed at this mingling of praise and badinage, especially when she relieved me from all sense of intrusion.

  • What badinage to toss into the face of a man who had braved death upon a hundred battle-fields and all for "loyalty!"