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

• 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。
• 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。
• He offered some tongue-in-cheek advice about keeping out of the rain.
  他就避免淋雨出了些似真非真的主意。
• 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。
• 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。
• Were they written tongue-in-cheek, or with an underlying conviction?
  它们只是随便写出来的呢，还是有什么深层的信念？
• 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。
• 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。
• The last comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but the takeaway thought, he said, was that GM knew its weaknesses as well as anyone else.
  他说，虽然最后一句话有些开玩笑的意思，但是言下之意是，通用公司与外界一样深知自己的弱点。
• 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。