quip

英 [kwɪp]

美 [kwɪp]

n.  俏皮话; 妙语
v.  讲俏皮话; 讥讽; 嘲弄; 打趣

过去式：quipped　复数：quips　第三人称单数：quips　现在分词：quipping　过去分词：quipped　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19574 / COCA.13578

牛津词典

noun

• 俏皮话；妙语
  a quick and clever remark
  1. to make a quip
     说俏皮话

verb

• 讲俏皮话；讥讽；嘲弄；打趣
  to make a quick and clever remark

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 俏皮话;谐语;妙语
  Aquipis a remark that is intended to be amusing or clever.
  1. The commentators make endless quips about the female players' appearance.
     评论员们没完没了地拿女选手的容貌打趣。
• VERB 说俏皮话;口出妙语
  Toquipmeans to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever.
  1. 'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped...
     “他得减肥啦，”巴拉德俏皮地说。
  2. The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems.
     主席风趣地说，他宁可卖掉他的航空公司，也不愿出售他的计算机系统。

英英释义

noun

• witty remark
  Synonym:wisecrackcracksally
• a witty saying
  Synonym:epigram

verb

• make jokes or quips
  1. The students were gagging during dinner
  Synonym:gag

双语例句

• The art of quip has always been the key of a novel, Fortress Besieged satirized all aspects of the social life centering by a clew on characters'activities.
  讽刺艺术也是小说的一大亮点，《围城》以人物的活动为线索讽刺了社会生活的方方面面。
• The commentators make endless quips about the female players 'appearance.
  评论员们没完没了地拿女选手的容貌打趣。
• All executives walk a fine line between being collaborative and being the boss, but Burns 'quip resonates especially with women executives.
  所有高管都能正确处理好作为协作者和作为老板之间的关系，但伯恩斯的话却引起了很多女性高管的共鸣。
• To modify the old quip, prediction is very difficult, even when it's not about the future.
  对老话改造一番就是：预测是非常困难的，即便不是预测未来。
• 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。
• In 2013 several alternatives rose to challenge old-school business tech like Quip, a clever new word-processing app, or Box's collaboration software, Box Notes and I suspect this trend will continue this year.
  2013年，几个替代产品崛起，对传统的商业科技产品构成了挑战，比如一款巧妙的新文字处理应用Quip，或Box推出的协作软件BoxNotes。我猜这种趋势还将在今年持续。
• He ended his speech with a merry quip.
  他以十分风趣的话结束了演讲。
• This was his quip encapsulating his strong opposition to industrial policy.
  这是他强烈反对工业策略的说法。
• With the benefit of hindsight, his quip marked the high point of fiscal fine-tuning.
  事后看来，这番话堪称财政政策的绝唱。
• Their views seemed to echo Mahatma Gandhi's quip when asked what he thought about European civilisation. I think it would be a good idea, he replied.
  他们的观点似乎与圣雄甘地（MahatmaGandhi）的双关语如出一辙。当有人问甘地如何看待欧洲文明时，他回答道：我觉得这是个不错的主意。