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make a quip
He made a quip about the weather.
他说了一句关于天气的俏皮话。
妙语；俏皮话；挖苦话
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妙语；俏皮话；挖苦话
A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
He made a quip about the weather.
他说了一句关于天气的俏皮话。
聪明的讽刺妙语；嘲弄；刻薄的反驳；讥讽。
A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
His witty quip made everyone laugh.
他机智的妙语让每个人都笑了。
She couldn't resist a quip about the boring meeting.
她忍不住对那场无聊的会议说了句讽刺话。
The comedian's quip was perfectly timed.
这位喜剧演员的妙语时机恰到好处。
He made a quip about the weather.
他说了一句关于天气的俏皮话。
She made a quip about his tie.
她拿他的领带开了个玩笑。
He replied with a quip.
他用一句俏皮话回复。
Not this
He made a quick.
Use this
He made a quip.
quick是形容词或名词（意为‘快’或‘指甲肉’），而quip是名词‘妙语’。两者拼写相似但意思不同。
Not this
That was a great quipping.
Use this
That was a great quip.
quipping是动词quip的现在分词形式，不能直接作名词；名词形式是quip，表示‘妙语’。
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说俏皮话；打趣
He always makes a quip when the meeting gets tense.
会议气氛紧张时，他总是说句俏皮话。
机智的妙语
She responded with a witty quip that made everyone laugh.
她用一个机智的妙语回应，引得大家大笑。
脱口而出俏皮话
He fired off a quip before his opponent could answer.
他在对手回答之前脱口而出了一句俏皮话。
挖苦的俏皮话
Her sarcastic quip about the food silenced the table.
她关于食物的刻薄俏皮话让桌上的人安静下来。
互相说俏皮话；你来我往地打趣
The two friends traded quips all evening.
两个朋友整个晚上都在互相说俏皮话。
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联想 quick + lip：嘴快脑快，一句话蹦出的俏皮挖苦，就是 quip。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、访谈节目、专栏文章或新闻报道 quip 多用于日常谈话、访谈等轻松场合，也常见于随笔或新闻报道，指简短机智或略带讥讽的妙语；语气通常不严肃，较少用于正式公文或学术文章。
True rhymes: equip /ɪˈkwɪp/, ship /ʃɪp/, trip /trɪp/ all end with /ɪp/. Lookalikes: quit /kwɪt/, quiet /ˈkwaɪət/, quite /kwaɪt/ start with qui- but do not rhyme.
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