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Persiflage N Motivate French Latin Hiss `Pɛəsi'flɑ:ʒ N.挖苦,嘲弄

单词 persiflage
音标 [`pɛəsi'flɑ:ʒ]
解释 n.挖苦,嘲弄
红宝书 【英】 n. 挖苦,嘲弄(frivolou s bantering talk; raillery)
【考】 exhortation : motivate / persiflage : incite(训道是为了激励/挖 苦是为了刺激)
【记】 per(全部)+sifl(吹 哨)+age→吹哨嘲弄
字源 persiflage (n.)
1757, from French persiflage, from persifler "to banter" (18c.), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + French siffler "to whistle, hiss," from collateral form of Latin sibilare "to hiss," possibly of imitative origin. Said to have been introduced in English by Chesterfield.
不择手段背单词 n. 挖苦, 嘲弄 = raillery
【根】sifl吹口哨-嘲弄
【记】per全部, si死, flag旗子, e: 全部死在国旗下, 因为受到挖苦.
【类】exhortation: motivate = persiflage: incite训道是为了激励 = 挖苦是为了刺激
趣味全助记 【记】音:破撕flag,挖苦道,瞧你这把撕成这样的破旗;音:破西服,挖苦人家西服破

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