| 单词 | quip |
| 释义 | quip /kwɪp/ verb (quipped, quipping) [transitive] JOKEto say something clever and amusing 说俏皮话，说妙语 ‘Giving up smoking is easy, ’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’ “戒烟很容易啊，”他风趣地说，“我已经戒过几百次了。”► see thesaurus at comment —quip noun [countable] an amusing quip 俏皮话→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusquip• Beyond the quipping, Dole presented sharp contrasts in style with Clinton.• ``It's the 40th anniversary of my 29th birthday, " quipped Reagan.Origin quip (1500-1600) Perhaps from Latin quippe “certainly, indeed”, from quid “what”quip verbChinese say amusing something Corpus to clever and |
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