witticism
英 ['wɪtɪsɪz(ə)m]
美['wɪtɪsɪzəm]
- n. 妙语；名言；俏皮话
词态变化
复数: witticisms;
中文词源
witticism 妙语
来自wit,智慧，风趣，引申词义妙语。
英英释意
- 1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
英文词源
- witticism (n.)
- 1670s, coined by Dryden (as wittycism) from witty on model of criticism.
"That every witticism is an inexact thought: that what is perfectly true is imperfectly witty ...." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
实用场景例句
- He tries to lighten his lectures with an occasional witticism.
- 他有时想用俏皮话使课堂活跃.
辞典例句
- Both doctor and Don smiled at this witticism.
- 大夫本人和老头子都对这样的打趣发笑了.
教父部分
- His witticism was as sharp as a marble.
- 他的打趣话十分枯燥无味.
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- Once in a while, after witticism, he would look down, and his eyes would meet hers.
- 每隔一小会儿, 说了什么俏皮话以后, 他就低下头, 和她目光相交.
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- All jests aside, we're in big trouble. A witticism is a witty, usually cleverly phrased remark.
- 玩笑归玩笑, 我们遇到了大麻烦. 指一句风趣的, 通常措辞巧妙的语句.
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