asteism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another. countable,uncountable

词形变化

asteisms plural

词源

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós).
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