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
- Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek zombie warnings, which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts.
在过去的几年里,美国疾病控制和防御中心也曾发布过数十条半开玩笑地僵尸预警,不过这只是预防疾病的噱头而已。 - The IgNobel Prizes, intended as a tongue-in-cheek alternative to their official counterparts, were presented by genuine Nobel prizewinners in the US late on Thursday.
上星期四,获奖者出席了在美国举行的颁奖仪式。与传统的诺贝尔奖相比,它有些搞笑而标新立异。 - This is a tongue-in-cheek definition.
这种定义有嘲讽的意味。 - While the slowdown has alarmed many Chinese media outlets and netizens, Slumping Economy takes a tongue-in-cheek approach.
虽然经济降温给许多中国媒体和网民敲响了警钟,但“不景气”却采取了一种半开玩笑的态度。 - 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。 - Were they written tongue-in-cheek, or with an underlying conviction?
它们只是随便写出来的呢,还是有什么深层的信念? - Thus this was tongue-in-cheek fashion, the liquid bronze metallic dresses with moulded exaggerated hips poking fun at the old-fashioned notions of what was to come.
因此,这曾是半开玩笑的时尚,液态青铜色金属材质的衣裙,带着塑形夸张的髋部,取笑着那些对未来事物的老式看法。 - '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。 - 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。 - 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。