quote unquote

短语

发音

UK /kwəʊ̯t ʌn.kwəʊ̯t/
AU
UK /kwəʊ̯t ɒn.kwəʊ̯t/
其它 /kwəʊ̯t ɒn.kwəʊ̯t/

词形变化

quote … unquote

别名

quote-unquote quote on quote quote end quote

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term.

    习语

    Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks.

    Adam Smith claimed that a capitalist is, quote, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention, unquote.

词源

From quote + unquote, a spoken equivalent of air quotes, used to express satire, sarcasm, irony or euphemism, analogous to scare quotes in print.

来源：wiktionary