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