be facetious
He was being facetious when he said that.
他说那话时是在开玩笑。
诙谐的；滑稽的；爱开玩笑的
轻浮的；不正经的；反讽的；以荒谬表达反义的；以(常为故意的)不当幽默对待严肃问题；轻浮的；语调巧妙地令人发笑；令人愉悦的幽默；诙谐的
Pleasantly humorous; jocular; cleverly amusing in tone.
以(常为故意的)不当幽默对待严肃问题；轻浮的
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
语调巧妙地令人发笑
cleverly amusing in tone
令人愉悦的幽默；诙谐的
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
幽默地做出愚蠢或适得其反的举动,旨在讽刺地表达相反主张
humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
His facetious comment during the meeting made everyone laugh, but it also lightened the mood.
他会议上的玩笑话逗笑了大家，但也缓和了气氛。
用法提示：这里facetious表示滑稽的、诙谐的，修饰comment，说明该评论是开玩笑性质的。
AI contextual example
I couldn't tell if she was being serious or facetious when she suggested we should all wear pajamas to work.
她建议我们都穿睡衣上班时，我分不清她是认真的还是开玩笑的。
用法提示：这里facetious用作表语，描述说话人的语气是诙谐而非认真的。
AI contextual example
The teacher's facetious remark about the homework being due 'yesterday' prompted a few chuckles from the class.
老师那句关于作业“昨天”就该交的玩笑话引起了全班一阵轻笑。
用法提示：这里facetious修饰remark，表示该言论是幽默的、打趣的。
AI contextual example
He was being facetious when he said that.
他说那话时是在开玩笑。
用于形容对某事的轻幽默评论。
She made a facetious comment about the weather.
她对天气开了个玩笑。
His facetious remark lightened the mood.
他诙谐的评论缓和了气氛。
jocular 通常指友好轻松的玩笑，而 facetious 有时带讽刺或轻率
witty 强调机智聪明，而 facetious 可能更随意、不严肃
humorous 是更广义的幽默，facetious 特指轻浮的幽默
playful 更偏向天真活泼，而 facetious 可能带讽刺
teasing 通常针对人，而 facetious 可指言语风格
grammar · medium
易错句子He made a factitious remark.
正确表达He made a facetious remark.
Factitious（人为的）与facetious（滑稽的）拼写相似，学习者易混淆。应使用facetious。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is facetiousness.
正确表达He is facetious.
facetious是形容词，facetiousness是名词，不能用于be动词后作表语。应使用facetious。
与facetious（滑稽的、爱开玩笑的）相对，指认真、不轻浮的态度。
与facetious相对，强调真诚严肃、不嬉戏。
与facetious相对，指庄重、令人担忧的严肃状态。
与facetious相对，指正式、严肃、不苟言笑的氛围。
与facetious相对，指完全不搞笑、不活泼。
facetious 指幽默俏皮，有时不合时宜；sarcastic 指尖刻的挖苦，带恶意。
戏谑的话；不正经的玩笑
His facetious remark about the accident made everyone uncomfortable.
他对事故开的那个不正经的玩笑让大家都不舒服。
戏谑的语气
She answered in a facetious tone, so I couldn't tell if she was serious.
她用一种戏谑的语气回答，所以我无法判断她是不是认真的。
轻浮的评论；打趣的话
Please keep your facetious comments to yourself during the meeting.
会议期间请别说那些不正经的评论。
开玩笑的建议；不严肃的建议
The boss ignored his facetious suggestion to work from the beach.
老板没有理睬他提出的去海滩上班这个不严肃的建议。
开玩笑的态度；不正经的样子
The judge was not amused by the lawyer's facetious manner.
法官对律师那副不正经的样子感到不悦。
adverb
无前缀；facet- (词根：诙谐) + -ious (后缀：充满…的)
facetious + -ly (副词后缀)
facetious + -ness (名词后缀)
cur- (词根：关心) + -ious (后缀：充满…的)
facetious 常以不恰当的幽默来对待严肃话题。
facetious 的言语常带讽刺意味，故意用玩笑表达相反立场。
facetious 常具有反讽色彩，表面轻松实则暗含批评。
facetious 的幽默往往体现为言语上的机智俏皮。
facetious 与 satire 都涉及用幽默来揭露或批评问题。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.