raillery

🇬🇧 UK/'reilәri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Good-natured teasing, banter, or playful ridicule

善意的戏谑,打趣,调侃

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword
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Common Collocations

  • 1.good-natured raillery善意的戏谑
  • 2.[gentle raillery]温和的调侃
  • 3.exchange raillery互相打趣

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His raillery about her cooking was always affectionate and never truly unkind.

  • 2.

    The colleagues exchanged good-humored raillery during the lunch break.

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