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单词 self-mocking
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Definition of self-mocking in English:

self-mocking

adjectivesɛlfˈmɒkɪŋ
  • Mocking oneself.

    自嘲的

    a wry, self-mocking smile

    一脸扭曲、自嘲的微笑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a tone which is self-mocking, generous and warm.
    • She stood somewhat shakily and took two slow, dragging steps before sitting down heavily once more with a self-mocking smile.
    • This, of course, is the self-mocking director helpfully reducing a decade of celluloid sensationalism down to cheap tabloid soundbites.
    • Generally, though, it's so self-mocking as to be a little endearing.
    • Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
    • The obligatory trip round the Oval Office is now so much of a ritual that he approaches it with the wry, self-mocking tone of an ersatz tour guide.
    • Her views are a complex balance of reactionary and radical, feisty and brittle, arrogant and self-mocking.
    • There is an obvious element of parody or self-mocking in the Wild West glamour of these lyrics, yet they still stand as a constructed and presumably attractive fantasy for listeners.
    • The score and the lyrics have something of Sondheim's sophisticated, sceptical humour, and the three actor-singers handle them with agile, self-effacing, sometimes self-mocking skill.
    • This self-mocking stance is utterly engaging.
    • He came off the course a little after noon, all philosophical smiles and self-mocking humour.
    • With the disillusioned introspection of advancing years, the portraits, in his studio garb of coif and scarf, are almost self-mocking.
    • Added to that, its clever, self-mocking charm will make it hard to come away feeling anything other than thoroughly entertained!
    • Instead, with huge dollops of self-mocking humour he describes himself as ‘a new man’.
    • He became determined to succeed as a writer, starting out as a journalist on a local newspaper in England, where he drew on his everyday experiences to write witty, mildly self-mocking columns.
    • She has an appealing, sometimes self-mocking voice, and a characteristic form - many of the poems cover about one-half to two-thirds of the page.
    • You can see it as an elaborate, self-reinventing, self-mocking form of ceremonial slapstick, where everyone gets pounded and everyone gets to have a belly laugh.
    • Was this a self-mocking joke or a sly confession?
    • His memories are conveyed in the light, self-mocking tones of members of the officer class, who inhabit a world of snug bars, bachelor pads and the Times crossword.
    • Russians feel passionately about their folk music, reflecting as it does values of courage, pride and love, as well as a self-mocking humour that is charmingly British.

Derivatives

  • self-mockery

  • noun sɛlfˈmɒkəriˌsɛlfˈmɑkəri
    mass noun
    • Teasing language or humour directed against oneself.

      self-mockery was a ploy to ensure that people would relax around him
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each day of our trip (with a hint of self-mockery, to his credit) he would test-run another item, be it a slick neoprene jacket or a water-dispensing backpack.
      • He will also punctually attend early morning classes where they teach self-mockery, and throughout the day, he will try to implement the techniques he has learned.
      • Since he's almost invariably in considerably worse physical condition than the person who did the original trip, there's a large element of self-mockery which works quite well.
  • self-mockingly

  • adverb

Rhymes

self-cocking, shocking, stocking

Definition of self-mocking in US English:

self-mocking

adjectiveˈˌself ˈmäkiNG
  • Mocking oneself.

    自嘲的

    a wry, self-mocking smile

    一脸扭曲、自嘲的微笑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is an obvious element of parody or self-mocking in the Wild West glamour of these lyrics, yet they still stand as a constructed and presumably attractive fantasy for listeners.
    • The score and the lyrics have something of Sondheim's sophisticated, sceptical humour, and the three actor-singers handle them with agile, self-effacing, sometimes self-mocking skill.
    • This self-mocking stance is utterly engaging.
    • The obligatory trip round the Oval Office is now so much of a ritual that he approaches it with the wry, self-mocking tone of an ersatz tour guide.
    • Her views are a complex balance of reactionary and radical, feisty and brittle, arrogant and self-mocking.
    • Generally, though, it's so self-mocking as to be a little endearing.
    • Was this a self-mocking joke or a sly confession?
    • She has an appealing, sometimes self-mocking voice, and a characteristic form - many of the poems cover about one-half to two-thirds of the page.
    • He became determined to succeed as a writer, starting out as a journalist on a local newspaper in England, where he drew on his everyday experiences to write witty, mildly self-mocking columns.
    • You can see it as an elaborate, self-reinventing, self-mocking form of ceremonial slapstick, where everyone gets pounded and everyone gets to have a belly laugh.
    • This, of course, is the self-mocking director helpfully reducing a decade of celluloid sensationalism down to cheap tabloid soundbites.
    • She stood somewhat shakily and took two slow, dragging steps before sitting down heavily once more with a self-mocking smile.
    • Russians feel passionately about their folk music, reflecting as it does values of courage, pride and love, as well as a self-mocking humour that is charmingly British.
    • His memories are conveyed in the light, self-mocking tones of members of the officer class, who inhabit a world of snug bars, bachelor pads and the Times crossword.
    • It is a tone which is self-mocking, generous and warm.
    • Instead, with huge dollops of self-mocking humour he describes himself as ‘a new man’.
    • Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
    • He came off the course a little after noon, all philosophical smiles and self-mocking humour.
    • Added to that, its clever, self-mocking charm will make it hard to come away feeling anything other than thoroughly entertained!
    • With the disillusioned introspection of advancing years, the portraits, in his studio garb of coif and scarf, are almost self-mocking.
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