quip meaning in English
n.
1.讥讽，挖苦话。
2.妙语；好笑的话。
3.奇行；怪物，好笑的东西。
4.遁辞 (＝quibble)。
vt.
(-pp-) 讥讽，嘲弄。
vi.
1.讥讽。
2.讲妙语[双关语等]。
Examples
- "there's no hurry, little nell, no hurry at all," said quip .
“不忙，小耐尔，绝对不忙，”奎尔普说。 - Europe, to repeat the quip of the day, had lost a mistress and gained a master .
再用当时的一句妙语来说，欧洲失去了一个主妇，却得到了一个主人。 - George bernard shaw once quipped that americans and the english were separated by the same language .
肖伯纳曾讥讽说，美国人和英国人被同一种语言隔开了。 - I counterattacked hard, accusing stevenson of trying to dismiss serious charges with quips .
我狠狠地予以回击，指责史蒂文森企图用插科打浑来冲淡严肃的遣责。 - If, this, indeed, is the pattern of history, we are tempted to paraphrase shaw's deadly serious quip and say .
如果这确实是历史发展的一种模式，那么我们禁不住要对肖伯纳的警言妙语进行诠释。