sarcasm

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɑːˌkæzəm/    美 /ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering. uncountable
    — Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
  2. An individual act of the above. countable

词形变化

sarcasms plural

词汇关系

近义词
derision facetiousness irony ridicule satire taunt gibe
衍生词
sarcasm detector sarcasm-impaired sarcasmous sarcastic snarkasm

词源

From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάζω (sarkázō, “to gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “to strip off the flesh”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).
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