1、a bantering tone; facetious remarks; tongue-in-cheek advice
戲謔的口吻；開(kāi)玩笑式的評(píng)論；挖苦式的建議。

2、Therefore, that tongue-in-cheek statement we send just might be interpreted seriously.
因此，我們發(fā)出的玩笑話可能會(huì)被理解為很嚴(yán)重。

3、Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
不要對(duì)此太認(rèn)真，她只是半開(kāi)玩笑地說(shuō)這話的。

4、a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor
具有一種非常會(huì)挖苦人的幽默感的古怪小人。

tongue-in-cheek翻譯