quip

英 [kwɪp]

美 [kwɪp]

n. 俏皮话; 妙语
v. 讲俏皮话; 讥讽; 嘲弄; 打趣

过去式：quipped　复数：quips　第三人称单数：quips　现在分词：quipping　过去分词：quipped　

GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19574 / COCA.13578

牛津词典

noun

俏皮话；妙语
a quick and clever remark
1. to make a quip
  说俏皮话

verb

讲俏皮话；讥讽；嘲弄；打趣
to make a quick and clever remark

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 俏皮话;谐语;妙语
Aquipis a remark that is intended to be amusing or clever.
1. The commentators make endless quips about the female players' appearance.
  评论员们没完没了地拿女选手的容貌打趣。
VERB 说俏皮话;口出妙语
Toquipmeans to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever.
1. 'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped...
  “他得减肥啦，”巴拉德俏皮地说。
2. The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems.
  主席风趣地说，他宁可卖掉他的航空公司，也不愿出售他的计算机系统。

英英释义

noun

witty remark
Synonym:wisecrackcracksally
a witty saying
Synonym:epigram

verb

make jokes or quips
1. The students were gagging during dinner
Synonym:gag

双语例句

It was a quip that got me thinking, because behavioural economics does indeed have a dark side.
这句一语双关的话让我深思，因为行为经济学的确有其黑暗面。
To modify the old quip, prediction is very difficult, even when it's not about the future.
对老话改造一番就是：预测是非常困难的，即便不是预测未来。
12.Bret Taylor, CEO, Quip: The former CTO of Facebook is now running a stealth startup.
12.Quip公司CEO布雷特-泰勒（BretTaylor）：他曾是Facebook的首席技术官，现在经营着一家神秘的创业公司。
This was his quip encapsulating his strong opposition to industrial policy.
这是他强烈反对工业策略的说法。
In 2013 several alternatives rose to challenge old-school business tech like Quip, a clever new word-processing app, or Box's collaboration software, Box Notes and I suspect this trend will continue this year.
2013年，几个替代产品崛起，对传统的商业科技产品构成了挑战，比如一款巧妙的新文字处理应用Quip，或Box推出的协作软件BoxNotes。我猜这种趋势还将在今年持续。
Many entrepreneurs and managers often dream and quip of the endless business possibilities we would have if only we had the flexibility of a huge financial war chest at our disposal.
很多企业家和管理者经常梦想和自嘲假如我们有巨量的可支配资金的话，我们会有多么广大的商业机会。
He agrees with Nouriel Roubini's variation of Paul Samuelson's quip: that the stock market has forecasted six out of the last zero recoveries.
他赞同鲁里埃尔鲁比尼（NourielRoubini）对保罗萨缪尔森（PaulSamuelson）的一句挖苦话的改编：过去的零次复苏中，股市预测出了六次。
If they can then, just possibly, the old quip will be shown to be wrong& and the future of fusion might actually arrive.
如果这种尝试有可能成功的话，文章开头那句调侃之语就难以站得住脚了&核聚变的明天有可能真的会到来。
With the benefit of hindsight, his quip marked the high point of fiscal fine-tuning.
事后看来，这番话堪称财政政策的绝唱。
Long gone are the days when a Nixon administration official could quip: The dollar may be our currency but it's your problem.
曾几何时，尼克松政府官员可以讥讽地说：美元或许是我们的货币，但那是你们的问题。这种日子早已成为过去。