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tongue-in-cheek如何读

英：[ˌtʌŋɪnˈtʃi:k]

美：[ˌtʌŋɪnˈtʃik]

tongue-in-cheek是什么意思

adj.

不认真的，不当真的，半开玩笑的；

adv.

无诚意地；

tongue-in-cheek英英释义

Adjective

1. cleverly amusing in tone;

"a bantering tone"

"facetious remarks"

"tongue-in-cheek advice"

Adverb

1. in a bantering fashion;

"he spoke to her banteringly"

2. not seriously;

"I meant it facetiously"

tongue-in-cheek词源中文解释

1856年，源自短语 to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek "to speak insincerely"（1748年），暗示狡猾的讽刺或幽默的不真诚，可能是舞台上的一个技巧，用以向观众传达讽刺意味。

Hem! Pray, Sir, said he to the Bard, after thrusting his Tongue into a Corner of his Cheek, and rolling his Eyes at Miss Willis, (Tricks which he had caught by endeavouring to take off a celebrated Comedian) were these fine Tragedies of yours ever acted? [anonymous, "Emily, or the History of a Natural Daughter," 1761]

嗯！先生，他对诗人说，他把舌头塞进脸颊的一角，向 Willis 小姐翻动眼睛（这些都是他努力模仿一位著名喜剧演员时学到的技巧），你的这些精彩的悲剧曾经上演过吗？[匿名，"Emily, or the History of a Natural Daughter," 1761]

This arietta, however, she no sooner began to perform, than he and the justice fell asleep ; but the moment she ceased playing, the knight waked snorting, and exclaimed,—'O cara! what d'ye think, gentlemen? Will you talk any more of your Pargolesi and your Corelli ?'—At the same time, he thrust his tongue in one cheek, and leered with one eye at the doctor and me, who sat on his left hand—He concluded the pantomime with a loud laugh, which he could command at all times extempore. [Smollett, "The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker," 1771]

然而， arietta 一开始表演，他和法官就睡着了；但是，她一停止演奏，骑士就打鼾醒来，大叫道，— 'O cara! 你们觉得怎么样，先生们？你们还会再谈论你们的帕尔戈莱西和科雷利吗？'—同时，他把舌头塞进一边的脸颊，向坐在他左手边的医生和我瞪眼—他以一个随时可以即兴发出的大笑结束了这个哑剧。[Smollett, "The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker," 1771]

tongue-in-cheek词源英文解释

The first known use of tongue-in-cheek was in 1856

tongue-in-cheek儿童词典英英释义

make1 of 2verb

to begin or seem to begin an action

she made as if to go

to act so as to appear

make merry

to cause to exist or occur : create make trouble

make a noise

to create for some purpose or goal

she was made to be a surgeon

to form or shape out of material or parts : fashion, construct make a chair

make a dress

to combine to produce

2 and 2 make 4

to frame in the mind

make plans

to put together from parts

houses made of stone

to estimate to be : compute

I make it an even $5

to set in order

make a bed

prepare, fix

make dinner

to cut and spread for drying

make hay

to cause to be or become

made herself useful

appoint

made him her assistant

enact sense 1, establish

make laws

to prepare in an appropriate manner

make a will

understand sense 1a

unable to make anything of the story

to regard as being : consider

he is not the fool you make him

do entry 1 sense 1a, perform make a bow

make war

to produce or acquire by or as if by action or effort make good money make friends

made a mess of the job

to force to act in some manner

made her return home

to cause or assure the success of

the first case made the new lawyer

to develop into

she will make a fine judge

reach entry 1 sense 2c, attain he made corporal in 10 months they made it to the other side of the bridge

the ship makes port tonight

to gain a place on or in the story made the papers

made the track team

catch entry 1 sense 7b

make the train

to set out in pursuit

made after the fox

to provide the most satisfying experience of

meeting the star of the show really made our day

make2 of 2noun

the way in which a thing is made : structure

a particular kind of manufactured goods : brand

looked at several makes of car before deciding

makeup1 of 2noun

the way the parts or elements of something are put together : composition

the makeup of a newspaper

any of various cosmetics (as lipstick or powder)

materials (as wigs or cosmetics) used in making up too young to wear makeup

put on makeup for a play

make up2 of 2verb

to form by fitting together or assembling make up a train

make up a suit

compose sense 1b

chapters make up a book

to make good for something lacking or for a loss or injury

decide sense 3, settle

made up my mind to go

to create from the imagination : invent

make up a story

to set in order

rooms are made up daily

to become friendly again

they fought and made up

to put on costumes or makeup (as for a play)

made up as a clown

to apply cosmetics to

mean1 of 4adjective

lacking distinction or prominence : humble

of poor, shabby, or inferior quality or status

lives in mean surroundings

worthy of little regard : inferior—often used in negative constructions as a term of praise

a person of no mean ability

deliberately unkind

stingy sense 1, miserly

spiteful, malicious

a mean remark

causing trouble or bother

a mean horse

excellent

plays a mean trumpet

mean2 of 4verb

to have as a purpose : intend

I mean to go

to intend for a particular purpose or use

a book meant for children

to serve to communicate, show, or indicate : signify those clouds mean rain

what do these words mean

to be important to a specified degree

health means everything to us

mean3 of 4adjective

holding a middle position : intermediate

lying about midway between extremes

being the mean of a set of values : average

mean temperature

mean4 of 4noun

a middle point between extremes

a value that represents a range of valuesespecially: arithmetic mean

either of the middle two terms of a proportion

plural something by which a desired result is achieved or furthered use any means you can

means of production

plural wealth sense 1

a person of means

tongue-tiedadjective

unable to speak clearly or freely (as from shyness)

tongue-in-cheek1 of 2adjective

not meant to be taken seriously

tongue in cheek2 of 2adverb

in a tongue-in-cheek manner

tongue-in-cheek 例句

1 Foreman’s own work was waggish, so the Off Off Broadway Wooster production is frequently tongue-in-cheek.

2 In Quest for Saddam, games hunt down the former Iraqi leader in tongue in cheek fashion.

为了设法找到萨达姆, 游戏者以一种放肆的腔调追捕以前的伊拉克领导者.

3 Watters often plays his role as provocateur with tongue in cheek and is prone to making outrageous statements.

4 Fact is, I'm in a bit of a jam at the moment.

我当真有点兜不转了！

5 The Curb plot had previously prompted a not so tongue-in-cheek response from Jordan Fuchs, the deputy secretary of state in Georgia.

6 She said it tongue in cheek.

她说的是风凉话.

7 "No doubt he'll give me the chance to fight him again," he jibed, tongue in cheek.

“毫无疑问他会给我机会和他再打上一架的，”他半开玩笑地讥讽道。

8 Image What started as a wilderness jest has by now morphed into something slightly less tongue-in-cheek.

9 The often tongue-in-cheek remark that work may be killing you—long hours, a demanding schedule, and mounds of stress resulting in restless nights—might literally be true, according to new research.

10 His works are very tongue in cheek.

他的作品嘲讽挖苦的意味很重.

11 She made the remark with tongue in cheek.

她说这些话是带挖苦口吻的.

12 With that in mind, The Courier Journal offers its annual breakdown of why each horse can and can’t win the Kentucky Derby — many serious, a few tongue in cheek, one destined to be right.

13 In fairness, some of it was tongue in cheek, but there was definitely an element of seriousness to it.

14 a tongue-in-cheek remark

一句戏言

15 Not all of his pre-recorded sketches have panned out, but the best of them—like a tongue-in-cheek focus group of real L.A. punk elders—thrive on Mulaney and his writers’ enthusiastic pop-culture geekery.

16 The name was intended to be tongue in cheek, a nod to our goal of making this newsletter feel like a community of readers learning together.

17 The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.

这种提议差不多只是说说而已。

18 I was saying that with tongue in cheek.

我言不由衷地说着那些话.

19 Some of the decor is a bit over the top and tongue in cheek, even veering into kitsch.

20 Don't believe him! He always with tongue in cheek.

别相信他! 他说话总是假心假意.