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
- This is a tongue-in-cheek definition.
这种定义有嘲讽的意味。 - The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.
这种提议差不多只是说说而已。 - Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising.
她最近的剧本全是对广告界的挖苦。 - Legendary sexy TV show Baywatch is set to be reworked for the big screen-as a tongue-in-cheek comedy movie.
传奇的性感电视剧《海岸救生队》将被改造为电影-一个开玩笑的喜剧电影。 - 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。 - The video that they released this week was partly tongue-in-cheek, a nod to the amateur production values and juvenile sense of humour of YouTube's many part-time auteurs.
他们这周公布的视频,从某种程度上说具有半开玩笑的性质,是对业余爱好者作品价值和YouTube许多兼职导演幼稚幽默感的首肯。 - 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。 - 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。 - This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I'd like to make that clear
这一切都有些缺少诚意,我想清楚地指出这点。