tongue-in-cheek

英 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]

美 [ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk]

adj.  言不由衷的; 随便说说的; 开玩笑的
adv.  无诚意地

牛津词典

adj.

• 言不由衷的；随便说说的；开玩笑的
  not intended seriously; done or said as a joke
  1. a tongue-in-cheek remark
     一句戏言

柯林斯词典

• → see:tongue

英英释义

adj

• cleverly amusing in tone
  1. a bantering tone
  2. facetious remarks
  3. tongue-in-cheek advice
  Synonym:banteringfacetious

adv

• not seriously
  1. I meant it facetiously
  Synonym:facetiouslyjokingly
• in a bantering fashion
  1. he spoke to her banteringly
  Synonym:banteringly

双语例句

• The IgNobel Prizes, intended as a tongue-in-cheek alternative to their official counterparts, were presented by genuine Nobel prizewinners in the US late on Thursday.
  上星期四，获奖者出席了在美国举行的颁奖仪式。与传统的诺贝尔奖相比，它有些搞笑而标新立异。
• It's almost like a tongue-in-cheek play on the climactic moment of a traditional car chase.
  这就好似一出传统追车戏在高潮部分突然变成了一出哑剧。
• Were they written tongue-in-cheek, or with an underlying conviction?
  它们只是随便写出来的呢，还是有什么深层的信念？
• 'You rascal! You took my bike earlier this week but forgot to tell me where you'd leave it! the tongue-in-cheek note begins.
  在这封打趣的信的开头写到：你这个混蛋，你在这周早些时候偷走我的自行车，却忘了告诉我你要把它放在哪里。
• The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.
  这种提议差不多只是说说而已。
• Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising.
  她最近的剧本全是对广告界的挖苦。
• Thus this was tongue-in-cheek fashion, the liquid bronze metallic dresses with moulded exaggerated hips poking fun at the old-fashioned notions of what was to come.
  因此，这曾是半开玩笑的时尚，液态青铜色金属材质的衣裙，带着塑形夸张的髋部，取笑着那些对未来事物的老式看法。
• Don't take her so seriously, that was just a tongue-in-cheek remark.
  不要对此太认真，她只是半开玩笑地说这话的。
• Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek zombie warnings, which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts.
  在过去的几年里，美国疾病控制和防御中心也曾发布过数十条半开玩笑地僵尸预警，不过这只是预防疾病的噱头而已。
• Legendary sexy TV show Baywatch is set to be reworked for the big screen-as a tongue-in-cheek comedy movie.
  传奇的性感电视剧《海岸救生队》将被改造为电影-一个开玩笑的喜剧电影。