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sarcastic

adjective
🔊/sɑːˈkæstɪk/
🔊/sɑːrˈkæstɪk/
(also British English, informal sarky)
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  1. showing or expressing sarcasm讽刺的；嘲讽的；挖苦的
    • sarcastic comments冷嘲热讽的话
    • a sarcastic manner嘲讽的态度
    • ‘There's no need to be sarcastic,’ she said.“不必挖苦人嘛。” 她说。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He looked up and forced a sarcastic smile.他抬起头，露出讽刺的微笑。
    • Her tone was faintly sarcastic.她的语调略带嘲讽。
    • She was waiting for him to make some sarcastic comment.她在等他发表讽刺的评论。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • get
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • rather
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French sarcastique, from sarcasme (see sarcasm), on the pattern of pairs such as enthousiasme, enthousiastique.