| 单词 | witticism |
| 释义 | witticism noun[C] uk/ˈwɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈwɪt̬.ə.sɪ.zəm/aremarkthat is bothcleverandhumorous 妙语；俏皮话See also wit(HUMOUR) Humour & humorous
witticism| American Dictionarywitticism noun[C] us/ˈwɪt̬·əˌsɪz·əm/aremarkthat iswitty(= bothintelligentandamusing) Examplesofwitticismwitticism But what shall be his legacy, beyond the witticisms and all the doubting that befit the admirable liberalism of the position? From theCambridge English Corpus He is ' ' expected to be always ready with sharp witticisms, at a moment's notice,' ' and his reward is small : ' ' the crumbs that fell from the royal table ' ' (899). From theCambridge English Corpus It is not a boutade, awitticism. From theCambridge English Corpus By editing and publishing the book himself he has been able to retain a trickle of asides and witticisms that should have kept even our sceptical climatologist amused. From theCambridge English Corpus They variously express curiosity, horror, fear, admiration, imitation and indifference to achievements, and they sometimes diverge from the serious business with awitticismor an idiosyncratic reaction. From theCambridge English Corpus It is awitticismwhich, like all witticisms, contains a grain of truth. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It therefore follows that a serious point is involved which is not met by witticisms about holidays, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that my littlewitticismwould have passed unnoticed, even by his eagle eye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is indeed a serious subject, not to be treated withwitticismor frivolity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These banks are not organised to deal in witticisms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Like many witticisms of great men there is more than a germ of truth in that passage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His speech was full ofwitticism, full of innuendo; the sort of speech that despairs really to meet the arguments put forward from these benches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he would consent to abandon the taunts, jeers, and witticisms in which so far he has answered us, he would give us great satisfaction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Serious reporting has given way to a preoccupation with knockabout comedy and juvenile witticisms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The flashes of rhetoric and the barbed witticisms passed peacefully and completely over my offending head. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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