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
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- : light, playful banter or raillery.
v.有主动词 verb
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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!"
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