to make a quip
說俏皮話
牛津詞典
The commentators make endless quips about the female players' appearance.
評論員們沒完沒了地拿女選手的容貌打趣。
'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped...
“他得減肥啦，”巴拉德俏皮地說。
The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems.
主席風(fēng)趣地說，他寧可賣掉他的航空公司，也不愿出售他的計算機系統(tǒng)。
To quip means to say something that is intend to be amusing or clever.
Quip的意思是,說一些可能令人驚訝或者看起來很聰明的話.
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He ended his speech with a merry quip.
他以十分風(fēng)趣的話結(jié)束了演講.
辭典例句
Europe, to repeat the quip of the day , had lost a mistress and gained a master.
再用當時的一句妙語來說,歐洲失去了一個主婦,卻得到了一個主人.
辭典例句
That quip, though, makes an intriguing point.
不過這個反諷恰好提出了一個很有趣的問題.
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So, when do I start? A slightly obnoxious quip. Don't invite yourself into the job.
那我什么時候上班? 問得妙,但有點兒招人討厭. 不要不請自來.
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And New Yorkers pride themselves on quick quip or a biting sarcastic remark.
紐約人也很自豪能夠妙語如珠或出言挑釁的諷刺.
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Absorbed in his own thoughts, Tu Hsuehshih did not hear the quip meant for him.
沉浸在自己思想中的杜學(xué)詩卻是什么也沒有聽到,什么也沒有看見.
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to make a quip
說俏皮話
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
"The students were gagging during dinner"
