tongue-in-cheek
معنی کامل و مثالها
adj.
● غیر جدی، شوخی، مسخرهآمیز
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the physical gesture of putting one's tongue in one's cheek to indicate that something is not to be taken seriously.
مثال
- His comments were meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but some people took them seriously.
- The movie is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the horror genre.
- Her tongue-in-cheek remarks often make people laugh.
ترکیبهای رایج
Tongue-in-cheek comment Tongue-in-cheek humor Tongue-in-cheek style
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- cleverly amusing in tone “a bantering tone” “facetious remarks” “tongue-in-cheek advice”
- in a bantering fashion “he spoke to her banteringly” “Derived from adjective: bantering (for: banteringly)”
- not seriously “I meant it facetiously” “Derived from adjective: joking (for: jokingly), facetious (for: facetiously)”