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 Examples- He 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.格雷厄姆轻薄地讽刺说，我印象深刻。
- Her voice was heavy with sarcasm.她的话里满是挖苦。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2, Languagec2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of sarcasmverb + sarcasm- be full of
- be heavy with
- drip
- …
sarcasm + verbprepositionSee full entry 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’).