| 单词 | wry |
| 释义 | wry adjective[before noun] uk/raɪ/us/raɪ/showingthat youfindabadordifficultsituationslightlyfunny: 讽刺的；解嘲的a wrysmile/comment苦笑／解嘲般的评论 Humour & humorous
wry| American Dictionarywry adjective[-er/-est only] us/rɑɪ/showingthat youfindabadordifficultsituationslightlyamusing: a wrysmile a wrysenseofhumor Examplesofwrywry They winced under theirwryfaces, afraid to stand and afraid to run away. From theCambridge English Corpus His accounts often contain asides, likely to bring awrysmile. From theCambridge English Corpus His tongue-in-cheek comparison of the religious life with the life of a fox-hunting man has a certainwrypanache. From theCambridge English Corpus The various public service pathologies described here will bring awrysmile to the face of anyone who has worked with a large bureaucracy. From theCambridge English Corpus Throughout, she writes engagingly, and with a sensitivity and awryhumour which leavens her frequently lurid material. From theCambridge English Corpus He could bewryand sardonic about the claims of religious faith - but just as wary of metaphysical or ideological faith. From theCambridge English Corpus A suffix such as -anto, which combines a serious historical theme with grace-notes of (oftenwry) humour, may be appropriate. From theCambridge English Corpus It is characterized by a lot ofwryhumour, some of which had me spontaneously laughing aloud. From theCambridge English Corpus I gave him awrysmile, happy f or him yet casting a somewhat jaded eye on his assessment. From theCambridge English Corpus His 'revised performances,' created from existing works, often makewrycommentaries on the content of the source material. From theCambridge English Corpus From thiswrygesture emerged a tense, enigmatic ostinato figure, dry and mordant. From theCambridge English Corpus It can even be turned towryadvantage in quips that turn the homely wisecrack into a sagacious crevice. From theCambridge English Corpus His book is perceptive, human, and salted withwryhumor. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes, in difficulty, he took my arm to help himself along, but the twinkle in the eye and thewrysmile were always there. From theCambridge English Corpus By all means let us refrain from hostility or hostilities, and wreathe ourwrysmiles as we may. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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