中文词源
witticism 妙语
来自wit,智慧，风趣，引申词义妙语。
英语词源
- 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"]
权威例句
- 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.