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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++quip /kwɪp/ verb (quipped, quipping) [transitive]  JOKEto say something clever and amusing 说俏皮话,说妙语 ‘Giving up smoking is easy, ’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’ 戒烟很容易啊,他风趣地说,我已经戒过几百次了。see thesaurus at commentquip noun [countable] an amusing quip 俏皮话→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
quipBeyond the quipping, Dole presented sharp contrasts in style with Clinton.``It's the 40th anniversary of my 29th birthday, " quipped Reagan.
Origin quip (1500-1600) Perhaps from Latin quippe certainly, indeed, from quid what
quip verbChinese
say amusing something Corpus to clever and


quip
quip /kwɪp/ verb (past tense and past participle quipped, present participle quipping) [transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Perhaps from Latin quippe 'certainly, indeed', from quid 'what'
to say something clever and amusing:
    ‘Giving up smoking is easy,’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’
—quip noun [countable]:
    an amusing quip


quipBrE /kwɪp/ 🔊NAmE /kwɪp/ 🔊 nouna quick and clever remark 俏皮话;妙语to make a quip说俏皮话
quipBrE /kwɪp/ 🔊NAmE /kwɪp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they quip BrE /kwɪp/ 🔊 NAmE /kwɪp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it quips BrE /kwɪps/ 🔊 NAmE /kwɪps/ 🔊past simple quipped BrE /kwɪpt/ 🔊 NAmE /kwɪpt/ 🔊past participle quipped BrE /kwɪpt/ 🔊 NAmE /kwɪpt/ 🔊 -ing form quipping BrE /ˈkwɪpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkwɪpɪŋ/ 🔊+ speech to make a quick and clever remark 讲俏皮话;讥讽;嘲弄;打趣