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单词 quip
释义
quip
noun[C]
uk
/kwɪp/us
/kwɪp/
ahumorousandcleverremark:
俏皮话，妙语
It wasOscarWilde whomadethefamousquip aboutlifemimickingart.是奥斯卡‧王尔德说出了关于人生是在师法艺术的妙语。
Synonyms
crack(JOKE)
one-linerinformal
wisecrackinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
  • amusingly
  • barrel
  • blackly
  • bone dryidiom
  • bring
  • broadness
  • facetious
  • hilarious
  • jocular
  • joker
  • jokester
  • non-serious
  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • scream
  • uproarious
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quip
verb[I]
uk
/kwɪp/us
/kwɪp/
plural-pp-
to make aquip:
[+ speech]Whenaskedwhy heseemedto be sorelaxed, Mr McCarthy quipped: "It's thedrugs".
"Everyonewantsto be Cary Grant. Even Iwantto be Cary Grant," Grantoncequipped.
More examples
  • Hefamouslyquipped that "con" isshortforconservative.
  • MarkTwainoncequipped that thegameofgolfis "anicewalkspoiled".
  • He often quips that hismarriagehaslastedsolongbecause "we're both inlovewith the samefellow".
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
  • amusingly
  • barrel
  • blackly
  • bone dryidiom
  • bring
  • broadness
  • facetious
  • hilarious
  • jocular
  • joker
  • jokester
  • non-serious
  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • scream
  • uproarious
See more results »
(Definition ofquipfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
quip
noun[C]
uk
/kwɪp/us
/kwɪp/
ahumorousandcleverremark
俏皮话，妙语
It wasOscarWilde whomadethefamousquip aboutlifemimickingart.是奥斯卡‧王尔德说出了关于人生是在师法艺术的妙语。

quip| American Dictionary

quip
noun[C]
us
/kwɪp/
aquick,intelligent, and oftenamusingremark

quip

verb[T]us
/kwɪp/-pp-
Thepianomoverquipped, “OfcourseIlovepiano– Ipickedit up as achild!”
(Definition ofquipfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquip

quip
I suppose then that tenured professors get to make the best colon quips because they can afford to.
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There is some truth to thequipthat psychoanalytic clinicians understand the word data to be a plural of the word anecdote.
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It can even be turned to wry advantage in quips that turn the homely wisecrack into a sagacious crevice.
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These figures are unmistakable evidence that our production drive is increasing, and that our plans for modernising and re-quipping the fleet are producing the goods.
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Instead of that we have had a series of quips on personalities.
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This is not aquip, and is not too cheap and easy a statement.
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He was known for thequipthat everything in life is foreseeable, as long as one has the foresight.
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She quipped that she hoped to return this year and enjoy one of the homes.
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He then quipped that it was the passengers who were having to become more helpful, because they were showing the drivers the routes.
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Obviously, it was a joke that fell flat; it was meant to be a very good-humouredquip.
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I very much enjoyed the quips with which he accompanied his criticism.
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He has enlivened us with quips and kept us amused, but all the time he has kept the serious objective in view.
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It was not aquip, or an attempt to be flippant.
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I did not hear thatquip, but it may have been on account of the candidates.
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We have enjoyed it not so much for its content but for the quips he so lightly made in the course of it.
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