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rail·le·ry /ˈreɪləri/ noun [uncountable] formalJOKE friendly joking about someone 善意的玩笑，逗弄 affectionate raillery 亲切的玩笑Examples from the Corpusraillery• I got an affectionate send-off from my colleagues, along with much raillery and leg-pulling.• The raillery with which he had spoken to her in her early days at Vetch Street had changed its nature.• She was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers, but Jason surprisingly wasn't around.Origin raillery (1600-1700) French raillerie, from railler; → RAIL2rail·le·ry nounChineseSyllable Corpus about joking friendly someone |