今日の単語 quip

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1.　今日の単語は quip 音もなんだかスッキリしていますね。

Queen Elizabeth II Quipped About Breaking Wind With A World Leader: Report – In a rather hilarious incident, UK’s Queen Elizabeth quipped about breaking wind with a world leader when she was showing him round her stables. In a rather hilarious incident, UK’s Queen Elizabeth II quipped about breaking wind with a world leader when she was showing him round her stables. According to Sputnik, the incident occurred when the monarch was giving a foreign dignitary, whose identity hasn’t been revealed, a tour of her stables when one of the horses “farted loudly”. Queen Elizabeth instantly joked and said, “I do apologise, your excellency,” promoting a hilarious quip from the politician as well, who said, “It is no problem, your majesty. I thought it was one of the horses.” (from Republic World. com)

笑）確かに気が利いています。

Kim Kardashian takes a jibe at her ‘failed marriages’ for Paris Hilton wedding toast – American TV personality Kim Kardashian quipped about her own marriages for BFF Paris Hilton’s wedding toast. (from Geo News)

こちらはどちらかと言うと皮肉でしょうか。

It was Oscar Wilde who made the famous quip about life mimicking art.

こちらも皮肉のほうがしっくりきそうです。

The commentators make endless quips about the female players’ appearance.

これはあまりよろしくない感じがしますが。。

‘He’ll have to go on a diet,’ Ballard quipped.

これもイマイチですねぇ。

The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems.

必ずしも皮肉ではないですが、気の利いたこと、とも違うような。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典にある意味を確認しておきましょう。

a humorous and clever remark

A quip is a remark that is intended to be amusing or clever.

To quip means to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever.

a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest.

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機知に富んだ言葉、しゃれ

巧みな皮肉、からかい

はぐらかし、言い逃れ

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