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drollery

/droh-luh-ree/US // ˈdroʊ lə ri //UK // (ˈdrəʊlərɪ) //

胡说八道,幽默感,滑稽可笑,幽默

Related Words

whimsy奇思妙想,异想天开,奇想,奇思异想foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈raillery炮制,炮弹,炮击,炮火pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦buffoonery插科打诨,恶作剧,恶搞,丑闻facetiousness面性,面子问题,面子工程,面子whimsicality异想天开,奇思妙想,异彩纷呈,异国情调waggery摇摆不定,摇头丸,摇头晃脑,摇摆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural droll·er·ies.

    • : something whimsically amusing or funny.
    • : an oddly amusing story or jest.
    • : a droll quality or manner; whimsical humor.
    • : the action or behavior of a droll, waggish person; jesting.
    • : a comic picture.
    • : Archaic. a puppet show.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounwhimsicalness
Synonyms
buffoonery插科打诨,恶作剧,恶搞,丑闻facetiousness面性,面子问题,面子工程,面子foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦raillery炮制,炮弹,炮击,炮火waggery摇摆不定,摇头丸,摇头晃脑,摇摆whimsicality异想天开,奇思妙想,异彩纷呈,异国情调whimsy奇思妙想,异想天开,奇想,奇思异想

Examples

  • No stanza of the poem is more replete than this with a vein of painfully sarcastic drollery.

  • The pen can give but a shadow of the drollery and devilry of the sweet, merry rogues that hailed the smiling morn.

  • There was a kind of drollery about Mrs. Freke, which, with some people, made the odd things she said pass for wit.

  • All of which drollery concluded with his announcement of place and date of his lecture, with still further gaiety at the end.

  • He seemed to have a naïve spirit of drollery, and he related quite amusingly an experience of his railway journey.

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