sarcasm
noun /ˈsɑːkæzəm/
/ˈsɑːrkæzəm/
[uncountable]- a way of using words that are the opposite of what you mean in order to be unpleasant to somebody or to make fun of them
讽刺；嘲讽；挖苦 - ‘That will be useful,’ she snapped with heavy sarcasm (= she really thought it would not be useful at all).
“还真有用咧。” 她狠狠挖苦道。 - a hint/touch/trace of sarcasm in his voice
他话语中的几分嘲讽
Topics Personal qualitiesc2, Languagec2- He made the remark without a hint of sarcasm.
他那句话没有丝毫讽刺意味。 - His voice dripped (with) sarcasm.
他的语气里充满了嘲讽。 - I detected a touch of sarcasm in his remarks.
我察觉到他的话中有一丝讥讽的味道。 - I love him for his cutting wit and dry sarcasm.
我喜欢他的机敏才智和不形于色的嘲讽。 - James caught the sarcasm in her voice.
詹姆斯在她的语调里察觉到了一丝讥讽的味道。 - There was an edge of sarcasm in her voice.
她的声音中带着一丝嘲讽。 - ‘I'm impressed,’ Graham said with thinly-veiled sarcasm.
“我印象深刻，”格雷厄姆略带讽刺地说。 - Her voice was heavy with sarcasm.
她的话里满是挖苦。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- biting
- bitter
- heavy
- …
- hint
- note
- tinge
- …
- be full of
- be heavy with
- drip
- …
- drip
- with sarcasm
- sarcasm in
词源mid 16th cent.: from French sarcasme, or via late Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein ‘tear flesh’, in late Greek ‘gnash the teeth, speak bitterly’ (from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’). - ‘That will be useful,’ she snapped with heavy sarcasm (= she really thought it would not be useful at all).