ironic
adjective /aɪˈrɒnɪk/
/aɪˈrɑːnɪk/
(also less frequent ironical
/aɪˈrɒnɪkl/
/aɪˈrɑːnɪkl/
)- showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing irony
反语的；讽刺的 - an ironic comment
讥讽的话
Topics Languagec1- He was greeted with ironic cheers from opposition MPs.
反对党议员向他喝倒彩。 - She sent him a faintly ironic sideways glance.
她向他瞟了一眼，略带讽刺。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- find something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- an ironic comment
- (of a situation
情形 （因出乎意料而）奇怪的，好笑的 - it is ironic that… It's ironic that she became a teacher—she used to hate school.
令人啼笑皆非的是她成了教师——她过去一向厌恶学校。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- find something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- it is ironic that… It's ironic that she became a teacher—she used to hate school.
词源mid 17th cent.: from French ironique or late Latin ironicus, from Greek eirōnikos ‘dissembling, feigning ignorance’, from eirōneia ‘simulated ignorance’, from eirōn ‘dissembler’.