| 词汇 | tongue-in-cheek |
| 释义 | tongue in cheekidiom(alsowith your tongue in your cheek) If you say something tongue in cheek, you intend it to be understood as a joke, although you might appear to be serious: 开玩笑地;说着玩地 He said that he was a huge fan of the president, although I suspect it was tongue in cheek.他说自己对总统极为仰慕，而我认为他是在开玩笑。 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 tongue-in-cheek adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌtʌŋ.ɪnˈtʃiːk/ us /ˌtʌŋ.ɪnˈtʃiːk/ meant to be understood as a joke, although it might appear to be serious: 开玩笑的;说着玩的 Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising.她最新的剧本对广告界大开玩笑。 Synonym facetiousdisapproving See also tongue in cheek 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 tongue-in-cheek | American Dictionarytongue-in-cheek noun, adjective us/ˈtʌŋ·ɪnˈtʃik/ intended to be understood as a joke, although often seeming serious: He made some tongue-in-cheek comment about being very busy cleaning his house. Examples of tongue in cheektongue in cheek His tongue-in-cheek comparison of the religious life with the life of a fox-hunting man has a certain wry panache. The style is breezy, and often tongue-in-cheek, and deals fairly with controversial issues such as animal rights and bioethics. Although his account was unpolished and obviously written in haste, he had a tongue-in-cheek wit that is most attractive. A seriously tongue-in-cheek essay on helping learners learn through doubting and challenging, and not through swallowing whole what they are told in the classroom or a book. Equally, they were obviously tongue-in-cheek, which admittedly is a form of humour not always appreciated in other countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a good deal of tongue-in-cheek quibbling by some people about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a certain tongue-in-cheek attitude over this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A tongue-in-cheek award of parliamentarian of the year was made to the leader of my party, who deserves many awards, but perhaps not that one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although this is perhaps a slightly tongue-in-cheek debate, it has a serious point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That remark is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but television's influence on our national game has led to many regrettable situations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it was tongue-in-cheek, but it argued that, if people living in rural areas could not afford the price of petrol, they should move to the cities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We did write gore lyrics, but it was more like kind of tongue-in-cheek, horror-movie type level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Stylistically, the duo has been described as a big sound in a small package with upbeat tempos and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The columns were also somewhat tongue-in-cheek, accompanied also by a cartoon (the cartoonist has also been sentenced to four months in jail). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The tongue-in-cheek references in this fake biopic were drawn from various sources. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of tongue in cheek 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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