droll
adjective /drəʊl/
/drəʊl/
(old-fashioned or ironic)- funny, but not in a way that you expect
离奇可笑的;滑稽古怪的 - So they’ve locked me out of the house? Very droll, I’m sure!
所以他们把我锁在门外了?非常滑稽,我敢肯定! - There was a droll, cynical expression on his face.
他脸上有一种滑稽、愤世嫉俗的表情。
词源early 17th cent. (as an adjective): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin’. - So they’ve locked me out of the house? Very droll, I’m sure!