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- a tongue-in-cheek remark
一句戏言
- a tongue-in-cheek remark
柯林斯词典
- → see:tongue
英英释义
adj
- cleverly amusing in tone
- a bantering tone
- facetious remarks
- tongue-in-cheek advice
adv
- not seriously
- I meant it facetiously
- in a bantering fashion
- he spoke to her banteringly
双语例句
- Legendary sexy TV show Baywatch is set to be reworked for the big screen-as a tongue-in-cheek comedy movie.
传奇的性感电视剧《海岸救生队》将被改造为电影-一个开玩笑的喜剧电影。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 "tongue-in-cheek" post stresses its zombie survival advice, including stocking up on water, food and medications, will also work for real disasters.
这些半开玩笑的僵尸生存指南教导人们要存储水、食物和药品等，这些建议在真正灾害来临时，同样具有重要意义。 - In the case of this image, I wanted to represent New York in a tongue-in-cheek, fanciful way.
在本图中，我希望用一种戏谑、荒诞的方式来表现纽约。 - Thus this was tongue-in-cheek fashion, the liquid bronze metallic dresses with moulded exaggerated hips poking fun at the old-fashioned notions of what was to come.
因此，这曾是半开玩笑的时尚，液态青铜色金属材质的衣裙，带着塑形夸张的髋部，取笑着那些对未来事物的老式看法。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。