zinger

英 [ˈzɪŋə(r)] 美 [ˈzɪŋər]

n.  妙语; 有趣的话

COCA.28899



牛津词典

noun

  1. 妙语;有趣的话
    a clever or amusing remark
    1. She opened the speech with a real zinger.
      她的开场白十分风趣。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 机智的话;巧言妙语;充满活力的事物;别有趣味的东西
    A zinger is a witty remark, or something that is lively, interesting, amusing, or impressive.
    1. The panelists are left to compress their inquiries into one good zinger of a question...
      专家讨论小组的成员剩下的工作就是将他们的质询精简成一个精妙的问题。
    2. I thought it looked like a zinger.
      我觉得它看上去很有意思。

双语例句

  1. The panelists are left to compress their inquiries into one good zinger of a question
    专家讨论小组的成员剩下的工作就是将他们的质询精简成一个精妙的问题。
  2. I thought it looked like a zinger.
    我觉得它看上去很有意思。
  3. The president's resignation was a real zinger.
    总统的辞退真的是令人震撼的事。
  4. Mr Obama scored the only real zinger of the night.
    当晚唯一真正有力的驳斥出自奥巴马之口。
  5. The KFC advert was promoting the chain's Zinger Crunch salad and featured office workers singing inaudibly while eating the salad.
    广告画面中,呼叫中心办公室的工作人员塞着满嘴的沙拉小声哼着歌曲。
  6. There is powerful acting; there are clever plot twists; and there is Mikhalkov himself as the jury foreman, appropriating the film's subtlest dialogue zinger.
    片中有极具张力的表演;有巧妙的情节设计;扮演陪审团主席的米哈尔科夫,恰如其分地演绎了电影中最为敏锐的反驳者。

英英释义

noun

  1. a striking or amusing or caustic remark
    1. he always greeted me with a new zinger
    2. she tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition