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

• It's almost like a tongue-in-cheek play on the climactic moment of a traditional car chase.
  这就好似一出传统追车戏在高潮部分突然变成了一出哑剧。
• It seems tongue-in-cheek to me because at that point in history, people knew that this way of looking at the world was no longer relevant.
  这在我看来有些半开玩笑的性质，因为在那个历史时期，人们已经知道这样看待世界不再有意义。
• The embassy responded with a tongue-in-cheek introduction to different kinds of potatoes and a selection of cooking techniques.
  大使馆用一种半开玩笑的语气对网民的留言做出了回复，介绍了不同种类的土豆和土豆美食的烹饪方法。
• Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
  不要对此太认真，她只是半开玩笑地说这话的。
• 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。
• The IgNobel Prizes, intended as a tongue-in-cheek alternative to their official counterparts, were presented by genuine Nobel prizewinners in the US late on Thursday.
  上星期四，获奖者出席了在美国举行的颁奖仪式。与传统的诺贝尔奖相比，它有些搞笑而标新立异。
• This is a tongue-in-cheek definition.
  这种定义有嘲讽的意味。
• The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.
  这种提议差不多只是说说而已。
• When he said you're fat, it's just tongue-in-cheek, don't take it personally.
  他说你肥胖，只是开玩笑，请不要太在乎。
• 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。