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美:[ˈwaɪzˌkræk]
英:[ˈwaɪzkræk]
美:[ˈwaɪzˌkræk]
wise·crack
waIz kraek
复数:wisecracks
第三人称单数:wisecracks
现在分词:wisecracking
过去式:wisecracked
过去分词:wisecracked
wisecracker (n.)
noun
(informal) a clever or funny, and usu. sarcastic, remark or reply.The teacher had had enough of the student's wisecracks and sent him to the principal's office.
transitive verb & intransitive verb
to make one or more wisecracks, or to express by or as a wisecrack.He's always wisecracking at the office, but there is a serious side to him too.
1906年,美国英语,源自 wise(形容词)和 crack 在“吹嘘”的意义上(参见 cracker(n.2))。作为动词自1915年起使用。相关: Wisecracking。
The first known use of wisecrack was in 1924
wishbonenoun
a bone in front of a bird's breastbone that is shaped like a V and consists chiefly of two fused clavicles
wise1 of 4noun
manner sense 2b—used in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, in this wise
wise2 of 4adjective
having or showing wisdom, good sense, or good judgment : sensible a wise investment
a wise person
having special or secret information : informed
I was wise to their plans
boldly rude or disrespectful : impudent
wise3 of 4verb
to make or become informed or smart—used with up
wise up if you want to get ahead
-wise4 of 4adverb combining form
in the manner of
in the position or direction of clockwise
slantwise
with regard to : in respect of
wise1 of 4noun
manner sense 2b—used in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, in this wise
wise2 of 4adjective
having or showing wisdom, good sense, or good judgment : sensible a wise investment
a wise person
having special or secret information : informed
I was wise to their plans
boldly rude or disrespectful : impudent
wise3 of 4verb
to make or become informed or smart—used with up
wise up if you want to get ahead
-wise4 of 4adverb combining form
in the manner of
in the position or direction of clockwise
slantwise
with regard to : in respect of
wise1 of 4noun
manner sense 2b—used in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, in this wise
wise2 of 4adjective
having or showing wisdom, good sense, or good judgment : sensible a wise investment
a wise person
having special or secret information : informed
I was wise to their plans
boldly rude or disrespectful : impudent
wise3 of 4verb
to make or become informed or smart—used with up
wise up if you want to get ahead
-wise4 of 4adverb combining form
in the manner of
in the position or direction of clockwise
slantwise
with regard to : in respect of
wise1 of 4noun
manner sense 2b—used in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, in this wise
wise2 of 4adjective
having or showing wisdom, good sense, or good judgment : sensible a wise investment
a wise person
having special or secret information : informed
I was wise to their plans
boldly rude or disrespectful : impudent
wise3 of 4verb
to make or become informed or smart—used with up
wise up if you want to get ahead
-wise4 of 4adverb combining form
in the manner of
in the position or direction of clockwise
slantwise
with regard to : in respect of
wisecracknoun
a clever, smart, or joking remark
wisecracknoun
a clever, smart, or joking remark
1 It's like watching buildings and cars and girders and fighter jets endlessly smashing around inside a gigantic washing machine for two hours, interspersed with wisecracks.
2 Even the Action Movie 101 skill of finishing a deafeningly loud and chaotic scene with a single droll wisecrack is not executed with much of the élan of old.
3 In it, Mr. Stanley, as a city slicker lost in the country, questions and gets smart answers from Carter, portraying a wisecracking local yokel:
4 In “Surrender, New York,” Carr’s criminal psychologist Dr. Trajan Jones, along with his wisecracking partner, Dr. Mike Li, examines the deaths of four teenagers.
5 At some point, a line in the play had led to Laura making some wisecrack about the tokens business, and we’d all laughed, Miss Lucy included.
6 Her wisecracks are a little crude and nasty at times.
7 There are worse descriptions, as actor typecasting goes, than "wisecracking superhero."
8 Most of Ms. Havoc’s film work was in supporting roles, often as the heroine’s wisecracking pal or a major male character’s wife.
9 If this film had just a few of her wisecracks, it might not have been totally dire.
10 Then hide it somewhere where nobody will ever find it, don't tell a soul, and we'll all carry on making cynical wisecracks on Twitter like it never even happened.
11 It’s hard to truly discomfit the audience when your play is so richly stocked in primetime-ready wisecracks.
12 Indeed, “41” is a chronicle of family love and loss, written in a plainspoken voice that sounds just like George W. Bush in person, with wisecrack asides and loads of family sentimentality.
13 It’s a deeply felt performance, and far from the wisecracking roles she had been known for.
14 ‘There needs to be a wisecracking set of man candy here, and those actors are shirtless at least once in the TV campaign.’
15 Millions of young viewers admired her for her comic portrayal of Sam Puckett, the wisecracking pal of its title character, and she was proud that her lucrative work was helping to support her family.
16 Drawing on those skills Mr Levitin peppers his book with wisecracks.
17 And many generations have passed since he and Bing Crosby went on the road to anywhere, wisecracking and winking their way through adolescent capers like the vaudeville veterans they were.
18 Like Hope, Mr. MacFarlane is essentially a blank personality behind the facade of cynical, wisecracking toastmaster.
19 You will spend less than two hours in their wisecracking, undisciplined company, and that should be more than enough.
20 His teammates knew him as "The Godfather" for his wisecracking personality and his love of big cigars.