quipped

英 [kwɪpt]

美 [kwɪpt]

v.  讲俏皮话; 讥讽; 嘲弄; 打趣
quip的过去分词和过去式

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

• Building on Franklin's wisdom ( he also once quipped," Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"), here are10 tips to keep your UNIX systems humming.
  根据富兰克林的名言（他也说过这样的妙语，“客人就像鱼，三天就发臭”），作者为系统管理员总结出10条保持UNIX系统正常工作的提示。
• When Franklin quipped that "No nation was ever ruined by trade," he likely meant it as an understatement.
  当富兰克林讽刺“没有国家曾经被贸易所毁灭”的时候，他很可能认为这是一个借口（掩饰）。
• But Kim Jong-il later quipped that he was joking.
  然而随后金正日改口称，自己当时只是在开玩笑。
• Be quipped by me that is also hidden mermaid in home?
  被我打趣道，呀，家里还藏着美人鱼呀。
• 'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped
  “他得减肥啦，”巴拉德俏皮地说。
• No, this is not scotch or rum, he quipped.
  不对，这不是威士忌或朗姆酒，他打趣地说。
• In short, she must counteract an impression that she is just likeable enough, as Mr. Obama famously quipped in 2008.
  简而言之，她必须消除只是够讨人喜欢了的印象&这话是奥巴马2008年对她的著名讽刺。
• If I'd known I was going to live here, I'd have done a better job, he quipped in an interview with the Financial Times last year.
  如果我当时知道自己以后将住在这里，可能会把它造得更好，去年他接受英国《金融时报》采访时开玩笑说道。
• Some quipped that someone should forward the memo to all the foreigners arriving in sweat pants and flip flops.
  一些人嘲弄说，应该把这个小册子转发给所有穿着运动裤和人字拖来北京的外国人。
• 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。