单词	quip
释义	quipquip /kwɪp/ verb (past tense and past participle quipped, present participle quipping) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINquip Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Latin quippe ‘certainly, indeed’, from quid ‘what’ Verb Table VERB TABLE quip Simple Form Present I, you, we, they quip he, she, it quips Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they quipped Present perfect I, you, we, they have quipped he, she, it has quipped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had quipped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will quip Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have quipped Continuous Form Present I am quipping he, she, it is quipping you, we, they are quipping Past I, he, she, it was quipping you, we, they were quipping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been quipping he, she, it has been quipping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been quipping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be quipping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been quipping Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES ``It's the 40th anniversary of my 29th birthday," quipped Reagan. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Beyond the quipping, Dole presented sharp contrasts in style with Clinton. Thesaurus THESAURUS► comment something that you say or write in order to give your opinion: · Does anyone have any comments?· Readers are invited to send in their comments and suggestions. ► remark something that you say: · Just ignore them if they start making rude remarks.· I’m not sure what he meant by that last remark. ► point something that someone mentions about a subject in a discussion, argument, article etc: · That’s an interesting point, Steve.· He raises (=mentions) a number of important points in his paper. ► observation a comment in which you say what you think or have noticed about something: · Karl Marx made the observation that history repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce. ► aside a comment made in a low voice, that you intend only certain people to hear: · ‘Is that true?’ she whispered in an aside to Don. ► quip a clever and amusing comment: · She knew she should reply with some light-hearted quip. ► dig informal a comment you make to annoy or criticize someone: · I’m tired of her little digs at me. ► taunt a comment intended to make someone angry or upset: · The fans made racist taunts throughout the game. to say something clever and amusing:  ‘Giving up smoking is easy,’ he quipped. ‘I’ve done it hundreds of times.’► see thesaurus at comment—quip noun [countable]:  an amusing quip
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