quipped 是动词 quip 的过去式/过去分词,意思是(常带幽默或讽刺地)机智地说、打趣地评论。口吻通常较轻松,常用于对话描写中。
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I quipped that I’d need a vacation after the meeting.
我打趣说,开完这个会我就需要度个假。
When the lights went out, she quipped that the building was “saving electricity,” which made everyone laugh despite the delay.
停电时,她打趣说这栋楼是在“省电”,尽管耽搁了时间,大家还是笑了起来。
quip(机智的话、俏皮话/打趣)在16世纪后期进入英语,词源并不十分确定;常见观点认为可能与拉丁语 quippe(“确实、的确”)有关,后来发展出“随口的俏皮评论”之意。quipped 只是其过去式形式。