1、a bantering tone; facetious remarks; tongue-in-cheek advice
戲謔的口吻；開玩笑式的評論；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)出的玩笑話可能會被理解為很嚴重。

3、Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
不要對此太認真，她只是半開玩笑地說這話的。

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

tongue-in-cheek翻譯