| 单词 | witticism |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['witisizəm] |
| 解释 | n.妙语，俏皮话 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.诙谐的言语(witty saying; wisecrack) |
| 字源 | witticism (n.) 1670s, coined by Dryden (as wittycism) from witty on model of criticism. "That every witticism is an inexact thought: that what is perfectly true is imperfectly witty ...." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"] |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 诙谐的言语; 俏皮话 【记】witti = witty(adj 机智的; 诙谐的)cism: 俏皮话 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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