wisecrack about sb/sth
He always wisecracks about his boss.
他总是拿老板说俏皮话。
说俏皮话；调侃
wisecracking — present participle of wisecrack
说挖苦、轻率或讥讽的话。；说挖苦话；俏皮话
make a sarcastic or ironic comment
说挖苦、轻率或讥讽的话。
To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment.
说挖苦话
make a comment, usually ironic
一般现在时
He wisecracks during meetings.
他在会议期间说俏皮话。
一般过去时
She wisecracked about the weather.
她俏皮地评论了天气。
现在进行时
They are wisecracking in the back row.
他们正在后排说着俏皮话。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为wisecracked。
He always wisecracks during serious meetings, which annoys his boss.
他总是在严肃的会议上说挖苦话，这让他的老板很恼火。
用法提示：wisecracks 是动词第三人称单数形式，表示说挖苦话。
Stop wisecracking and give me a straight answer.
别再说俏皮话了，直接回答我。
用法提示：wisecracking 是动名词形式，用于否定祈使句，表示不停地调侃。
She wisecracked about the food before trying a bite.
她尝了一口之前先挖苦了一下食物。
用法提示：wisecracked 是过去式，表示说了一句讽刺的话。
He always wisecracks about his boss.
他总是拿老板说俏皮话。
后接从句表示具体说的俏皮话内容。
She wisecracked that the meeting was a waste of time.
她俏皮地说会议是浪费时间。
The comedian wisecracked throughout his routine.
那个喜剧演员在他的表演中一直说俏皮话。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made a wisecrack about the teacher.
正确表达He wisecracked about the teacher.
将动词误用作名词，直接使用动词原形并添加过去式-ed更简洁准确。
grammar · medium
易错句子He wisecrack at the meeting yesterday.
正确表达He wisecracked at the meeting yesterday.
过去时态中动词应加-ed变为过去式，wisecrack的过去式是wisecracked。
crack可指讲笑话（crack a joke），但wisecrack特指带讽刺的俏皮话，且crack还有其他含义（如破裂）
quip和wisecrack都有俏皮话的意思，但quip更强调机智迅捷，不一定是讽刺
joke泛指开玩笑，wisecrack则特指讽刺性的评论，语气更尖刻
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