a way of using words that are the opposite of what you mean in order to be unpleasant to somebody or to make fun of them 讽刺;嘲讽;挖苦 ‘That will be useful,’ she snapped with heavy sarcasm (= she really thought it would not be useful at all). “还真有用咧。” 她狠狠挖苦道。 a hint/touch/trace of sarcasm in his voice 他话语中的几分嘲讽
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2, Languagec2He made the remark without a hint of sarcasm. 他那句话没有丝毫讽刺意味。 His voice dripped (with) sarcasm. 他的语气里充满了嘲讽。 I detected a touch of sarcasm in his remarks. 我察觉到他的话中有一丝讥讽的味道。 I love him for his cutting wit and dry sarcasm. 我喜欢他的机敏才智和不形于色的嘲讽。 James caught the sarcasm in her voice. 詹姆斯在她的语调里察觉到了一丝讥讽的味道。 There was an edge of sarcasm in her voice. 她的声音中带着一丝嘲讽。 ‘I'm impressed,’ Graham said with thinly-veiled sarcasm. “我印象深刻,”格雷厄姆略带讽刺地说。 Her voice was heavy with sarcasm. 她的话里满是挖苦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- biting
- bitter
- heavy
- …
- hint
- note
- tinge
- …
- be full of
- be heavy with
- drip
- …
- drip
- with sarcasm
- sarcasm in
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French sarcasme, or via late Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein ‘tear flesh’, in late Greek ‘gnash the teeth, speak bitterly’ (from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’).