| 词汇 | quip |
| 释义 | quip noun[ C ] uk /kwɪp/ us /kwɪp/ a humorous and clever remark: 俏皮话，妙语 It was Oscar Wilde who made the famous quip about life mimicking art.是奥斯卡‧王尔德说出了关于人生是在师法艺术的妙语。 Synonyms crack(JOKE) one-linerinformal wisecrackinformal Humour & humorous amusingly bitingly blackly bone dryidiom bring coruscating drily gag GSOH jocose lightly mordancy non-serious pawky photobomb photobombing rib standing joke wag wisecrack quip verb[ I ] uk /kwɪp/ us /kwɪp/plural-pp- to make a quip: [ + speech ]When asked why he seemed to be so relaxed, Mr McCarthy quipped: "It's the drugs". "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant," Grant once quipped. He famously quipped that "con" is short for conservative. Mark Twain once quipped that the game of golf is "a nice walk spoiled". He often quips that his marriage has lasted so long because "we're both in love with the same fellow". Humour & humorous amusingly bitingly blackly bone dryidiom bring coruscating drily gag GSOH jocose lightly mordancy non-serious pawky photobomb photobombing rib standing joke wag wisecrack quip | American Dictionaryquip noun[ C ] us/kwɪp/ a quick, intelligent, and often amusing remark quipverb[ T ]us/kwɪp/-pp- The piano mover quipped, “Of course I love piano – I picked it up as a child!” Examples of quipquip I suppose then that tenured professors get to make the best colon quips because they can afford to. There is some truth to the quip that psychoanalytic clinicians understand the word data to be a plural of the word anecdote. It can even be turned to wry advantage in quips that turn the homely wisecrack into a sagacious crevice. These figures are unmistakable evidence that our production drive is increasing, and that our plans for modernising and re-quipping the fleet are producing the goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that we have had a series of quips on personalities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a quip, and is not too cheap and easy a statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was known for the quip that everything in life is foreseeable, as long as one has the foresight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She quipped that she hoped to return this year and enjoy one of the homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He then quipped that it was the passengers who were having to become more helpful, because they were showing the drivers the routes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, it was a joke that fell flat; it was meant to be a very good-humoured quip. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I very much enjoyed the quips with which he accompanied his criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has enlivened us with quips and kept us amused, but all the time he has kept the serious objective in view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not a quip, or an attempt to be flippant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not hear that quip, but it may have been on account of the candidates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have enjoyed it not so much for its content but for the quips he so lightly made in the course of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of quip These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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