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

• I suspect even some Americans use them in a tongue-in-cheek manner?
  不过我怀疑甚至一些美国人也是虚情假意地在用它们。
• Television viewers are being given a chance to choose a wife for Prince William in a tongue-in-cheek show.
  电视台“四频道”的数字频道“E4”将在一个闲谈节目中让电视观众们为威廉王子选妃。
• The video that they released this week was partly tongue-in-cheek, a nod to the amateur production values and juvenile sense of humour of YouTube's many part-time auteurs.
  他们这周公布的视频，从某种程度上说具有半开玩笑的性质，是对业余爱好者作品价值和YouTube许多兼职导演幼稚幽默感的首肯。
• 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？
• The last comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but the takeaway thought, he said, was that GM knew its weaknesses as well as anyone else.
  他说，虽然最后一句话有些开玩笑的意思，但是言下之意是，通用公司与外界一样深知自己的弱点。
• 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。
• He offered some tongue-in-cheek advice about keeping out of the rain.
  他就避免淋雨出了些似真非真的主意。
• The embassy responded with a tongue-in-cheek introduction to different kinds of potatoes and a selection of cooking techniques.
  大使馆用一种半开玩笑的语气对网民的留言做出了回复，介绍了不同种类的土豆和土豆美食的烹饪方法。
• The offer was made almost tongue-in-cheek.
  这种提议差不多只是说说而已。
• 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。