witticism是什么意思，witticism怎么读

witticism基本信息

witticism基本信息

读法：英 ["wɪtɪsɪz(ə)m] 美 ["wɪtɪsɪzəm]

释义：

n. 妙语；名言；俏皮话

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英英释义

Noun:

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

中英词源

witticism 妙语

来自wit,智慧，风趣，引申词义妙语。

witticism (n.): 1670s, coined by Dryden (as wittycism) from witty on model of criticism.
"That every witticism is an inexact thought: that what is perfectly true is imperfectly witty ...." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]

词态变化

复数 witticisms;

权威造句

1. Both doctor and Don smiled at this witticism.: 大夫本人和老头子都对这样的打趣发笑了.

2. He tries to lighten his lectures with an occasional witticism.: 他有时想用俏皮话使课堂活跃.

3. His witticism was as sharp as a marble.: 他的打趣话十分枯燥无味.

4. Once in a while, after witticism, he would look down, and his eyes would meet hers.: 每隔一小会儿, 说了什么俏皮话以后, 他就低下头, 和她目光相交.

5. All jests aside, we"re in big trouble. A witticism is a witty, usually cleverly phrased remark.: 玩笑归玩笑, 我们遇到了大麻烦. 指一句风趣的, 通常措辞巧妙的语句.

近反义词

quip 说俏皮话

joke 笑话

riposte 机敏的反驳或应答...

gibe 嘲笑

one-liner 俏皮话

retort 反驳

gag 箝口物

jest 说笑

wisecrack 俏皮话

bon mot 珠玑妙语

wittiness 机智

humour 幽默

humor 幽默

wit 智力

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