using or characterized by irony 冷嘲的,挖苦的,讥讽的 his mouth curved into an ironic smile. 他撇了撇嘴角露出一丝讥笑。 ■happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this 有讽刺意味的;令人啼笑皆非的 [with clause]it was ironic that now everybody had plenty of money for food they couldn't obtain it because everything was rationed. 令人啼笑皆非的是由于任何东西都实行定量配给,人们虽有足够的钱却买不到食物。
派生 ironical adjective 语源
mid 17th cent.: from French ironique or late Latin ironicus, from Greek eirōnikos 'dissembling, feigning ignorance', from eirōneia (see irony)