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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
      1. a tongue-in-cheek remark
        一句戏言

    柯林斯词典

    英英释义

    adj

    • cleverly amusing in tone
      1. a bantering tone
      2. facetious remarks
      3. tongue-in-cheek advice
      Synonym:banteringfacetious

    adv

    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。