witticism

n. 妙语, 俏皮话

发音

UK /ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪz.əm/
其它
US /ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪz.əm/

词形变化

witticisms 复数 witticisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.

    妙语

    隽语

    俏皮话

    谐语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

humor humour wit wittiness

上位词 4

message content substance subject matter

下位词 10

play fun laugh joke bite sport sketch irony gag cartoon

相关短语

Weinreich witticism

词源

From witty + -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.

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