tongue-in-cheek
英 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]
美 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]
adj. 言不由衷的; 随便说说的; 开玩笑的
adv. 无诚意地
牛津词典
adj.
- 言不由衷的;随便说说的;开玩笑的
not intended seriously; done or said as a joke- a tongue-in-cheek remark
一句戏言
- a tongue-in-cheek remark
柯林斯词典
- → see:tongue
英英释义
adj
- cleverly amusing in tone
- a bantering tone
- facetious remarks
- tongue-in-cheek advice
adv
- not seriously
- I meant it facetiously
- in a bantering fashion
- he spoke to her banteringly
双语例句
- 'You rascal! You took my bike earlier this week but forgot to tell me where you'd leave it! the tongue-in-cheek note begins.
在这封打趣的信的开头写到:你这个混蛋,你在这周早些时候偷走我的自行车,却忘了告诉我你要把它放在哪里。 - This is a tongue-in-cheek definition.
这种定义有嘲讽的意味。 - The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.
这种提议差不多只是说说而已。 - In the case of this image, I wanted to represent New York in a tongue-in-cheek, fanciful way.
在本图中,我希望用一种戏谑、荒诞的方式来表现纽约。 - This was said somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but there is a serious point to the question.
当然这种说法有些开玩笑的意味,但是确实存在这样的问题。 - Legendary sexy TV show Baywatch is set to be reworked for the big screen-as a tongue-in-cheek comedy movie.
传奇的性感电视剧《海岸救生队》将被改造为电影-一个开玩笑的喜剧电影。 - The Union Jack is quite tongue-in-cheek.
英国国旗是相当舌半开玩笑。 - The "tongue-in-cheek" post stresses its zombie survival advice, including stocking up on water, food and medications, will also work for real disasters.
这些半开玩笑的僵尸生存指南教导人们要存储水、食物和药品等,这些建议在真正灾害来临时,同样具有重要意义。 - It seems tongue-in-cheek to me because at that point in history, people knew that this way of looking at the world was no longer relevant.
这在我看来有些半开玩笑的性质,因为在那个历史时期,人们已经知道这样看待世界不再有意义。 - He offered some tongue-in-cheek advice about keeping out of the rain.
他就避免淋雨出了些似真非真的主意。