quip
quip 英 [kwɪp] 美 [kwɪp]
n. 妙语；嘲弄；讽刺语 vi. 嘲弄；讥讽 vt. 嘲弄
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- A quip — a short, witty comment — can be pleasant, wise, or sarcastic, but usually carries an element of humor.
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- n. 妙语；嘲弄；讽刺语
- vi. 嘲弄；讥讽
- vt. 嘲弄
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1. The doctors are not entirely sympathetic: “If there was a surgery to enlarge brains, we would offer him a free trial, ” they quip.
医生们并不太同情这个家伙，他们讽刺说：“如果有个手术能加大脑瓜的话，我们很愿意给他免费试用。”
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2. Returning to a country from which Fiat was driven out by poor quality—Americans used to quip that its name stood for “Fix It Again, Tony”—is a big risk.
美国人曾讽刺“菲亚特”这个名字的含义是“托尼，这破车还得再修一次”。 菲亚特的车子也确因质量差而被踢出美国，这次重返是要冒大风险的。
- 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," from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns), and compare quibble (n.)) + emphatic particle -pe.
- quip (v.) "make a quip," 1570s, from quip (n.). Related: Quipped; quipping.
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