epigrams

英 [ˈɛpɪgræmz]

美 [ˈɛpəˌgræmz]

n.  诙谐短诗; 警句; 隽语
epigram的复数

柯林斯词典

• 诙谐短诗;警句;隽语
  Anepigramis a short saying or poem which expresses an idea in a very clever and amusing way.

双语例句

• Most epigrams exaggerate for effect, and this is no exception.
  警句为了求效果大多言过其实，这句也不例外。
• We find writers of parables and epigrams and family letters who make no attempt to coordinate their thoughts into a rigid system.
  这里有许多警喻、警语和家信的作家，他们写作时都是乘兴之所到，随后写去，并不讲究什么严格的系统。
• He had a wonderful light touch, peppering his talk with puns, epigrams, and allusions to Russian literature.
  他具有非常轻松愉快的特征，在讲话中不断地插入双关俏皮话、警句和俄罗斯文学中的典故。
• Brilliant epigrams of his own invention.
  他自己创作的极为精彩的警句。
• His ceaseless straining after brilliant epigrams quickly becomes irritating.
  他不断追求漂亮警句的手法则很容易使人厌倦。
• His epigrams were as sharp as razors.
  他的俏皮话像剃刀一样锋利。
• Welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams-Hervey Allen.
  欢迎她的精练评论；唐·路易斯写作讽刺诗的独特的讽刺和精练的风格&赫尔凡·艾伦。
• She could tattoo me with epigrams.
  她会用警句不断地敲打我。
• From his creative idioms, famous sayings and epigrams, as well as rhetoric ( that is, metaphor), we can see he made a great contribution to Linguistics.
  我们从他的文章中所创造的成语、名言警句以及修辞学（比喻）方面的独特表现，可以看出他在语言学方面所作的巨大贡献。
• Let us stop the continents from hurling epigrams at each other.
  让我们将我们的大陆远离彼此之间的谩骂讽刺。