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wry smile
wry smile 常表示无奈或讽刺的微笑。
He gave a wry smile.
他露出了一个歪嘴的笑容。
讽刺的；揶揄的；哭笑不得的
wriest — superlative of wry
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讽刺的；揶揄的；哭笑不得的
Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, often in response to a difficult situation.
He gave a wry smile.
他露出了一个歪嘴的笑容。
(脸或身体)扭歪的,扭曲的。
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
冷面幽默的；讥讽或反讽的,通常暗示对问题或困难处境的认同。
Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation.
扭曲的,弯曲的,歪斜的。
Twisted, bent, crooked.
偏离正确方向的；误导的；错位的。
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
She gave a wry smile when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时，露出一丝苦笑。
His wry comment about the weather made everyone laugh.
他关于天气的讽刺评论让大家笑了。
The comedian is known for her wry observations on daily life.
这位喜剧演员以对日常生活的冷眼讽刺观察而闻名。
wry smile 常表示无奈或讽刺的微笑。
He gave a wry smile.
他露出了一个歪嘴的笑容。
wry humor 指一种扭曲、讽刺的幽默。
Her wry humor always makes me laugh.
她那种冷幽默总是让我发笑。
She made a wry remark about the situation.
她对这种情况发表了一句讽刺的评论。
Not this
I like wry bread.
Use this
I like rye bread.
发音相同的单词 wry（扭歪的）和 rye（黑麦）容易混淆，此处应使用名词 rye 表示黑麦面包。
Not this
He smiled wry.
Use this
He smiled wryly.
wry 是形容词，不能直接修饰动词 smiled，需要使用副词形式 wryly。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
苦笑；无奈的微笑
She gave a wry smile when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时苦笑了一下。
冷幽默；挖苦的幽默
His wry humor often goes over people's heads.
他的冷幽默常常让人摸不着头脑。
讽刺的评论；挖苦话
He made a wry comment about the weather.
他针对天气说了句挖苦话。
带有讽刺意味的观察；一针见血的挖苦话
His wry observation about politics made everyone laugh.
他对政治那番讽刺的观察引得大家发笑。
苦笑；歪嘴一笑
He gave a wry grin and shrugged.
他苦笑着耸了耸肩。
苦笑；揶揄的微笑
She gave a wry smile when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时苦笑了一下。
冷面幽默；讥诮的幽默
His wry humour kept the meeting from becoming too tense.
他冷面幽默的玩笑使会议不至于太紧张。
讽刺的评论；俏皮话
She made a wry observation about the bureaucracy.
她对官僚体制说了一句讽刺的俏皮话。
Use wriest naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：wry 的 w 形似扭歪的线条，联想歪嘴无奈的笑，即 wry smile——扭曲、讽刺的苦笑。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing a smile or facial expression、a dry, ironic remark、literary narrative wry 多用于书面或中性语境，常形容带讽刺、自嘲意味的笑容或评论；日常口语中也可见到，但语气比 humorous 更含蓄。
与 wry 真正押韵的是 dry、try、fry、cry、why，这些词都以 /aɪ/ 音结尾（如 /draɪ/、/traɪ/）。注意形似的词：carry 虽然也以 -ry 结尾，但读作 /ˈkæri/，并不押韵。wry 的读音相当于“rye”（/raɪ/），不要按 -ry 常见的 /ri/ 读音来读。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.