| 单词 | wry |
| 释义 | wry (once / 2005 pages) 1adj 2adj A wry sense of humor is a sarcastic one. You were late for work, stepped into a mud puddle, and you forgot your lunch. If your co-worker asks how your morning is going, you can reply with a wry tone, "Perfectly perfect." The original use for the adjective wry was to describe something that was bent or twisted, so a sprained ankle could be described as "a wry ankle." Today, the word wry is often used to describe less tangible twists. Wry humor and wry wit both describe a sense of humor that is a little twisted from the norm. WORD FAMILYwry: wried, wriest, wrily, wryer, wryest, wryly USAGE EXAMPLESA gentle and wry bow-tied lawyer and stalwart of countless civic boards, Tom Lewis wears his gentility lightly. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “Were-Monster” includes loads of callbacks and nods to superfans, but it was also the only revival episode that captured the wry humor of the series. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) “When I first read the script I thought that’s the part to be, always wry and sardonic,” Fisher told a gathering in England in 2015. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 adj humorously sarcastic or mocking 2with a wry Scottish wit Syn dry, ironic, ironical humorous, humourous full of or characterized by humor adj bent to one side a wry neck Syn crooked having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned |
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