sarcastic
英 [sɑː'kæstɪk]
美 [sɑr'kæstɪk]
助記提示
1. sarc- + -astic (-ast + -ic).
2. literally "rend or tear flesh, strip off the flesh".
3. => biting a person with speaking harshly, bitterly, or derisively.
4. => sneer, jest, taunt, mockery.
中文詞源
sarcastic 諷刺的，挖苦的來自 sarcasm,諷刺，挖苦，-astic,形容詞後綴。
英文詞源
- sarcastic (adj.)
- 1690s, from sarcasm, perhaps on the model of enthusiastic. Related: Sarcastical (1640s); sarcastically.
雙語例句
- 1. A sarcastic remark was on the tip of her tongue.
- 挖苦的話到了她嘴邊卻沒說出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.
- 我說了一句諷刺的話把他給鎮住了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She has a sarcastic tongue.
- 她喜歡挖苦人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He chopped in with a sarcastic remark.
- 他突然**一句諷刺話.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. When he came, he was silent and moody, and after a few sarcastic remarks he went away.
- 他來時默默無言,鬱鬱不樂, 冷嘲熱諷一通之後就走了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》