tongue-in-cheek

英 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]

美 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]

adj.  言不由衷的; 随便说说的; 开玩笑的
adv.  无诚意地

牛津词典

adj.

• 言不由衷的；随便说说的；开玩笑的
  not intended seriously; done or said as a joke
  1. a tongue-in-cheek remark
     一句戏言

柯林斯词典

• → see:tongue

英英释义

adj

• cleverly amusing in tone
  1. a bantering tone
  2. facetious remarks
  3. tongue-in-cheek advice
  Synonym:banteringfacetious

adv

• not seriously
  1. I meant it facetiously
  Synonym:facetiouslyjokingly
• in a bantering fashion
  1. he spoke to her banteringly
  Synonym:banteringly

双语例句

• Lincoln himself was highly skillful in the use of tongue-in-cheek humor.
  林肯本人运用“戏谑式”幽默也得心应手。
• This is a tongue-in-cheek definition.
  这种定义有嘲讽的意味。
• I suspect even some Americans use them in a tongue-in-cheek manner?
  不过我怀疑甚至一些美国人也是虚情假意地在用它们。
• She really took offense at what you said.& I didn't mean to offend her. I was simply making a tongue-in-cheek remark when I said that it was too elaborate for a girl of her young, tender age.
  我本无意冒犯她，当我说像他这么年轻的女孩这样打扮太隆重啦时仅仅只是开个玩笑而已。
• Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek zombie warnings, which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts.
  在过去的几年里，美国疾病控制和防御中心也曾发布过数十条半开玩笑地僵尸预警，不过这只是预防疾病的噱头而已。
• The Union Jack is quite tongue-in-cheek.
  英国国旗是相当舌半开玩笑。
• This was said somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but there is a serious point to the question.
  当然这种说法有些开玩笑的意味，但是确实存在这样的问题。
• 'You rascal! You took my bike earlier this week but forgot to tell me where you'd leave it! the tongue-in-cheek note begins.
  在这封打趣的信的开头写到：你这个混蛋，你在这周早些时候偷走我的自行车，却忘了告诉我你要把它放在哪里。
• This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I'd like to make that clear
  这一切都有些缺少诚意，我想清楚地指出这点。
• The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.
  这种提议差不多只是说说而已。