quips

英 [kwɪps]

美 [kwɪps]

n.  俏皮话; 妙语
v.  讲俏皮话; 讥讽; 嘲弄; 打趣
quip的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• This negotiating the Contract phase from a "bent over" position, as Block quips, teaches the client that you work in a bent over position!
  正像Block讽刺的那样，以“折腰”的姿态来协商合约，客户在此阶段也会知道咨询师确实是处在一个“弯腰”的位置上，从而对咨询师“要挟”。
• Memorizing such little quips ensures that you don't get overcharged for that snake sandwich you ordered, and you know where to go when Mother Nature ( or the snake sandwich) calls.
  记住这些简短的日常用语可以确保别人不会对您定购的三明治要价太高，并且在需要上厕所的时候，您知道该去何处。
• The only frictionless part of Web commerce, he quips, is people clicking away from a site they don't like.
  他开玩笑说，电子商务惟一通行无阻之处就是人们可以一点鼠标就离开一个不喜欢的网站。
• There were times when he came off really bad, but overall, you got the gamut of Shaq quips and one-liners* from the "I'm a big goofy kid" quotes to the intimidating serious smack-talking.
  接下来也有姚明表现非常差的那种片段，但总体上，你看到了鲨克的妙语连珠，然后便是诸如“我是一个傻大个”之类的言论。
• Don't worry, he's still full of one-liners and quips.
  别担心，他仍然满嘴俏皮话一针见血。
• Quips such as "it's only a machine gun" when asked if you are carrying any dangerous goods will not be tolerated.
  当问及是否携带任何危险物品，若开玩笑回答：「只有一把机关枪」，也不获容许。
• 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。
• It was almost primeval, my friend quips.
  我的一个朋友打趣道：这简直就像回到了原始时代。
• Hardly Us Weekly fodder. "'Mad Men'will never make the cover," Min quips.
  “广告狂人永远不会成为封面，”闵打趣道。
• I feel like I am joining the Matrix, one of the creatives quips, referring to the films beloved of many programmers.
  我感觉自己像是加入了黑客帝国（theMatrix），某位广告创意人员诙谐地说。他这里指的是那部深受许多程序员喜爱的电影。