quip
noun /kwɪp/
/kwɪp/
- a quick and clever remark
俏皮话;妙语 - to make a quip
说俏皮话 - The senator made several quips during the interview, which got the audience laughing.
访谈过程中这位参议员说了些俏皮话,逗得观众哈哈大笑。
词源mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Latin quippe ‘indeed, forsooth’. - to make a quip