首页英语词典ironyirony英英释意

irony

英 ['aɪrənɪ] 美['aɪrəni]
  • n. 讽刺;反语;具有讽刺意味的事
  • adj. 铁的;似铁的

英英释意


1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn;
"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"
"irony is wasted on the stupid"
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift
2. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs;
"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
3. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs