tongue-in-cheek 详细解释

tongue-in-cheek

['tʌŋin'tʃik]

adj. 不认真的, 不当真的, 半开玩笑的
adv. 无诚意地

词形变化

动词过去式: tongued | 动词过去分词: tongued | 动词现在分词: tonguing | 动词第三人称单数: tongues |

英英释义

形容词 tongue-in-cheek:

cleverly amusing in tone

同义词:bantering, facetious

副词 tongue-in-cheek:

in a bantering fashion

同义词:banteringly

not seriously

同义词:facetiously, jokingly

补充

tongue-in-cheektongue-in-cheek英:[ˌtʌŋɪnˈtʃi:k] 美:[ˌtʌŋɪnˈtʃik]adj.1.不认真的,不当真的,半开玩笑的adv.1.无诚意地

例句

1. [as adj.]her delightful tongue-in-cheek humour.她那令人愉快的,似真非真的幽默。 2. [as adv.]‘I swear there's a female conspiracy against men!’ he complained, tongue-in-cheek.“我敢保证有一个女人反对男人的阴谋!”他煞有介事地说。 3. a tongue-in-cheek comment言不由衷的评论 4. The movie is half serious and half tongue-in-cheek.这部影片半严肃半戏谑。