witticism meaning in English
n.
名言；妙语；俏皮话。
Examples
- We do appreciate our own witticisms .
我们非常欣赏自己的小聪明。 - He tries to lighten his lectures with an occasional witticism .
他有时想用俏皮话使课堂活跃。 - The interpreter at this dinner even managed to translate jokes and witticisms without losing the point .
这次宴会的翻译甚至能设法把笑话和俏皮话不失其妙意地翻译出来。 - They shared clemenceau's witticism that such was his affection for germany that he wanted two of them .
他们同意，克里孟校的一句绕有风趣的话：他是如此喜欢德国，所以他希望有两个德国。 - He began sneering and giving vent to disagreeable witticisms
他冷笑着，说了几句令人刺耳的话。