| 单词 | tongue-in-cheek |
| 释义 | tongue-in-cheekWord family adjectivetonguedtonguelesstongueliketongue-in-cheektongue-tiednountonguelettonguestertonguingtongue ˌtongue-in-ˈcheek adjectiveadj JOKING/NOT SERIOUSa tongue-in-cheek remark is said as a joke, not seriously 〔讲话、评论等〕开玩笑的，不可当真的 I love that kind of tongue-in-cheek wit. 我喜欢那种玩笑式的风趣。 —tongue-in-cheek adverbadv I think he was talking tongue-in-cheek. 我想他是在说玩笑话。 Examples from the Corpus tongue-in-cheek• The way I use them is slightly tongue-in-cheek.• It is the trick of the big-stage musical number but applied to circus with finesse and much tongue-in-cheek humour.• Kate's tongue-in-cheek interview was given half a page, and the Globe immediately asked her for more articles.• This is not a merely tongue-in-cheek reaction to such arguments as that of Meillassoux.• a tongue-in-cheek rock video |
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