quip
- n. 妙語(yǔ);嘲弄;諷刺語(yǔ)
- vi. 嘲弄;譏諷
- vt. 嘲弄
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2. 音:俏皮;音:快皮,快嘴皮
中文詞源
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)quippe,確實(shí),當(dāng)然,來(lái)自PIE*kwo,疑問(wèn)代詞詞干,詞源同quality,quantity.引申 詞義切中要害的話或評(píng)論,后用于指俏皮話,妙語(yǔ)。
英文詞源
- quip (n.)
- 1530s, variant of quippy in same sense (1510s), perhaps from Latin quippe "indeed, of course, as you see, naturally, obviously" (used sarcastically), from quid "what" (neuter of pronoun quis "who;" see who), and compare quibble (n.)) + emphatic particle -pe.
- quip (v.)
- "make a quip," 1570s, from quip (n.). Related: Quipped; quipping.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. to make a quip
- 說(shuō)俏皮話
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. To quip means to say something that is intend to be amusing or clever.
- Quip的意思是,說(shuō)一些可能令人驚訝或者看起來(lái)很聰明的話.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. He ended his speech with a merry quip.
- 他以十分風(fēng)趣的話結(jié)束了演講.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Europe, to repeat the quip of the day , had lost a mistress and gained a master.
- 再用當(dāng)時(shí)的一句妙語(yǔ)來(lái)說(shuō),歐洲失去了一個(gè)主婦,卻得到了一個(gè)主人.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. My advice is to ride it out, make an occasional smart - aleck quip.
- 我的意見(jiàn)就是出去旅行, 并時(shí)不時(shí)地說(shuō)些自作聰明的俏皮話.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)