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quip

英 [kwɪp] 美 [kwɪp]

解释

n. 妙语；嘲弄；讽刺语
vi. 嘲弄；讥讽
vt. 嘲弄

※ 提供单词"quip"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

quip 俏皮话，妙语

来自拉丁语quippe,确实，当然，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同quality,quantity.引申词义切中要害的话或评论，后用于指俏皮话，妙语。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. to make a quip: 说俏皮话

2. To quip means to say something that is intend to be amusing or clever.: Quip的意思是,说一些可能令人惊讶或者看起来很聪明的话.

3. He ended his speech with a merry quip.: 他以十分风趣的话结束了演讲.

4. Europe, to repeat the quip of the day , had lost a mistress and gained a master.: 再用当时的一句妙语来说,欧洲失去了一个主妇,却得到了一个主人.

5. My advice is to ride it out, make an occasional smart - aleck quip.: 我的意见就是出去旅行, 并时不时地说些自作聪明的俏皮话.