witticism
witticism 英 [ˈwɪtɪsɪzəm] 美 [ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm]
n. 妙语；名言；俏皮话
名词复数:witticisms
- Witticism describes something funny that someone says, like a pun or little joke. You may have heard that it is good to start off a speech with witticism because if you make the audience laugh, it'll help them — and you — relax.
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- n. 妙语；名言；俏皮话
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1. He says someone with a flair for cocktail party conversation, a witticism, would say this. He gives it to us, but he frames it as an affectation of style.
他说在一个鸡尾酒派对上交谈的调酒师，这是妙语，他给我们了，但是他将其用娇柔做作的风格包装起来。
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2. One side of today’s political spectrum looks upon it with suspicion and distrust, echoing Samuel Johnson’s witticism that “patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
今天政治光谱的一个侧面带着猜疑和不信任的眼光看它，呼应了塞缪尔·约翰逊的俏皮话：“爱国主义是歹徒最后的避难所。”
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3. Henry Kissinger’s old witticism about Europe’s having no phone number is more relevant than ever.
基辛格对欧洲没有电话号码的老笑话现在看来显得比以往更有意义。
- witticism (n.) 1670s, coined by Dryden (as wittycism) from witty on model of criticism.
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