单词 | quip |
释义 | quip From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishquipquip /kwɪp/ verb (quipped, quipping) [transitive]JOKEto say something clever and amusing ‘Giving up smoking is easy, ’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’► see thesaurus at comment —quip noun [countable] an amusing quip→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusquip• Beyond the quipping, Dole presented sharp contrasts in style with Clinton.• ``It's the 40th anniversary of my 29th birthday, " quipped Reagan.Origin quip (1500-1600) Perhaps from Latin quippe “certainly, indeed”, from quid “what” |
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