ironic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++i·ron·ic /aɪˈrɒnɪk $ aɪˈrɑː-/ ●○○ (also ironical /-ɪkəl/) adjective 1 STRANGEan ironic situation is one that is unusual or amusing because something strange happens, or the opposite of what is expected happens or is true 〔情况〕有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的，令人啼笑皆非的 Your car was stolen at the police station! How ironic! 你的车在警察局被偷！真让人哭笑不得！ It’s ironic that her husband smoked for thirty years, and yet she’s the one who died of lung cancer. 具有讽刺意味的是，她丈夫吸烟30年，而死于肺癌的却是她。 In an ironic twist, the most trustworthy character in the film turned out to be the thief. 影片中故事情节来了一个出乎意料的转折，最可信赖的人原来是小偷。2 FUNNYusing words that are the opposite of what you really mean, often in a joking way 〔遣词用字〕讽刺的，用反语的〔常以开玩笑方式〕 ironic comments 带讽刺意味的评论 When I told Lucy I loved her book, she thought I was being ironic. 当我告诉露西我喜欢她的书时，她以为我在讥讽她。 → sarcastic
Examples from the Corpus
ironic• His photographs are complex and sometimes ironic.• The dying planet has a metaphysical relationship to my own mortality and to that extent my inquiry into landscape is inherently ironic.• Her car was stolen from outside the police station, which is pretty ironic.• The tone is that of the narrator, ironic and sad - yet the novel does contain some successful humour.• One of the study's ironic discoveries is that TV trials educate the public about the justice system better than actual trials.• This situation has many ironic effects.• "I've heard that Dan's really upset about the divorce." "How ironic. He was always the one who was against them getting married in the first place."• Auster leaned back on the sofa, smiled with a certain ironic pleasure, and lit a cigarette.• No one he knew had figured out how he could drink this way, with ironic restraint.• It was an ironic situation, the two men in her life meeting like that.• It's ironic that professional athletes are often such unhealthy people.• It's ironic that the most important people in the country often have so little understanding of how ordinary people live.• In a strange and ironic way, many Americans profited from the war.• Dara does most of the talking, in her histrionic, italicized, ironic way.• In fact, it accentuates the lavishly comic-book style and ironic wit of the whole film.an ironic twist• And in an ironic twist, the Author is played by the same actor as the old farmer.• In an ironic twist, this time humans will tackle an 8K run or 2-mile walk.i·ron·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
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ironic
i‧ron‧ic /aɪˈrɒnɪk $ aɪˈrɑː-/
(also i‧ron‧i‧cal /-ɪkəl/) adjective
1. an ironic situation is one that is unusual or amusing because something strange happens, or the opposite of what is expected happens or is true:
Your car was stolen at the police station! How ironic!
It’s ironic that her husband smoked for thirty years, and yet she’s the one who died of lung cancer.
In an ironic twist, the most trustworthy character in the film turned out to be the thief.
2. using words that are the opposite of what you really mean, often in a joking way:
ironic comments
When I told Lucy I loved her book, she thought I was being ironic. ⇨ sarcastic
i‧ron‧ic /aɪˈrɒnɪk $ aɪˈrɑː-/
(also i‧ron‧i‧cal /-ɪkəl/) adjective1. an ironic situation is one that is unusual or amusing because something strange happens, or the opposite of what is expected happens or is true:
2. using words that are the opposite of what you really mean, often in a joking way: