wittier 机智的
诙谐的( witty的比较级 )
- There is a poem of hers. I wish I could think of some of her witty things, even wittier than that.
这里有她的一首诗,我希望自己可以想起,她的一些机智的作品,甚至比那还要机智。 - First, fictional people tend to be wittier and more clever than friends and family, and their adventures are usually much more interesting.
首先,虚构的人物通常比家人和朋友都更机敏聪慧,他们的经历通常有趣儿得多。 - One of the newspaper's own online commentators had a wittier retort: "Sorry, folks, the paper isn't free. And the Iraq war isn't over, at least not yet."
《纽约时报》的一位网络评论员的反驳则更加诙谐幽默:“不好意思,各位,报纸并不免费,伊战也未结束,至少现在还没有。”
Witty \Wit"ty\, a. [Compar. {Wittier}; superl. {Wittiest}.] [AS.
witig, wittig. See {Wit}, n.]
1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious;
clever; cunning. [Obs.] ``The deep-revolving witty
Buckingham.'' --Shak.
2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee;
droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty
remark, poem, and the like. ``Honeycomb, who was so
unmercifully witty upon the women.'' --Addison.
Syn: Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing;
humorous; satirical; ironical; taunting.