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词汇 zinger
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Definition of zinger in English:

zinger

noun ˈzɪŋəˈzɪŋər
North American informal
  • 1A striking or amusing remark.

    〈非正式,主美〉惊人之语;风趣的话

    open a speech with a zinger

    用一句风趣的话作为开场白。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The governor rehearses a few zingers and then commits the whole shtick to memory for later delivery.
    • Not so much a send-up of TV news back then although there were a few good zingers as it took a look at the blatant sexism and chauvinism in the 1970's workplace.
    • Stripping aside the zingers and hyperbole, you get a fairly clear picture of the respective strategies for the summer campaign.
    • Every once in a while Spade is able to raise a few smirks with his off-the-cuff zingers, but because the plot feels so ‘sitcom-y’ and forced, all the laughs are diluted.
    • Though conservative, Brooks the Journalist is reflective rather than bombastic; his zingers barely singe, let alone burn.
    • Sporting more make-up than a Mary Kay cosmetics convention, the aging comedian's zingers seem to have run out of steam.
    • Writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber often relies too heavily on physical humor instead of truly clever zingers and one-liners.
    • Speaking as a CSO, I will say that I've been the target of many zingers from the IT department.
    • But Payne continually undermines this approach with repeated cheap zingers at Middle American stereotypes, and the allegedly incredibly dull, cookie-cutter existence of same.
    • He started off another song remarking ‘You can always count on The Bible to give you those one-line zingers.’
    • From the wittiest zinger to the most heartfelt speech, I believed every word spoken.
    • Taken as a whole, however, Plaza Suite still offers some great entertainment and laughs, including a dozen or so wonderful zingers shot off by the late, great Walter Matthau.
    • Gina Philips is effectively sarcastic and doubting as the sister, and Justin Long plays off her cute quips with humorous zingers.
    • Yes, she settles a few grievances and directs some partisan zingers at old foes.
    • The audience (mostly straight) lapped it up, along with the bitchiest exchanges - warming to the zingers rather than the play's uneasy heartsickness.
    • But the zingers keep coming, and, perhaps surprisingly, one of the targets is psychotherapy.
    • His skill during 2000 was to make self-deprecating zingers, joke around with reporters, and in general seem like this affable frat boy.
    • Heckart, as Baker, unexpectedly storms into Don's apartment like a tornado, approaching every flaw of Don's apartment with a zinger or guilt-inducing remark.
    • Small forward Sheri Sam had a zinger for every media question asked.
    • Here he makes a good foil for Jackson's zingers.
    1. 1.1 An outstanding person or thing.
      杰出的人;超群的东西
      a zinger of a shot

      出色的射手。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The song that seduced the masses all those months ago is still a zinger.
      • Welles uses his own intimate vocal delivery, and an atmospheric soundscape, to prepare us for a final zinger that is both eerie and contemplative.
      • He's not getting hung up in technicalities, but when he makes a point, it is a real zinger.
      • Their actual content's always up for debate and with Outtakes, it's gonna be a zinger of an argument.
      • A Phil Neville zinger takes a wicked deflection and Hildebrand scurries frantically across his goal-line to keep the ball out.
      • And I wish I could say that I found it to be a real zinger.
      • Storms admits she improvised this zinger in rehearsal, and was surprised that it was passed by CTV.
      • In my experience of photographing people, shots one to four can invariably be junked, shot five often has some comedic value, but shot six is usually a zinger.
      • Pauleta receives the ball from Conceicao and tries a shot from the edge of the Poland box to the right of the goal. it's a zinger and not too far away.
      • The band knew what they were doing by recording an album with more soaring, soulful and dramatic songs than short, instant-single zingers.
      • Weird sounds and musical zingers punctuate the soundtrack.
      • This was a zinger of an interview also, and Terry actually didn't come out all that good, nor did Bill, although I had really low expectations for him, and he exceeded those until the end.
      • This breathy version of Joy To The World is a bit of a hotch-potch but it's a real zinger!

Rhymes

bringer, clinger, flinger, humdinger, pinger, ringer, singer, slinger, springer, stinger, stringer, swinger, winger, wringer

Definition of zinger in US English:

zinger

nounˈzɪŋərˈziNGər
North American informal
  • 1A striking or amusing remark.

    〈非正式,主美〉惊人之语;风趣的话

    open a speech with a zinger

    用一句风趣的话作为开场白。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sporting more make-up than a Mary Kay cosmetics convention, the aging comedian's zingers seem to have run out of steam.
    • But the zingers keep coming, and, perhaps surprisingly, one of the targets is psychotherapy.
    • He started off another song remarking ‘You can always count on The Bible to give you those one-line zingers.’
    • His skill during 2000 was to make self-deprecating zingers, joke around with reporters, and in general seem like this affable frat boy.
    • Not so much a send-up of TV news back then although there were a few good zingers as it took a look at the blatant sexism and chauvinism in the 1970's workplace.
    • But Payne continually undermines this approach with repeated cheap zingers at Middle American stereotypes, and the allegedly incredibly dull, cookie-cutter existence of same.
    • Heckart, as Baker, unexpectedly storms into Don's apartment like a tornado, approaching every flaw of Don's apartment with a zinger or guilt-inducing remark.
    • Small forward Sheri Sam had a zinger for every media question asked.
    • The governor rehearses a few zingers and then commits the whole shtick to memory for later delivery.
    • Gina Philips is effectively sarcastic and doubting as the sister, and Justin Long plays off her cute quips with humorous zingers.
    • Speaking as a CSO, I will say that I've been the target of many zingers from the IT department.
    • Taken as a whole, however, Plaza Suite still offers some great entertainment and laughs, including a dozen or so wonderful zingers shot off by the late, great Walter Matthau.
    • Every once in a while Spade is able to raise a few smirks with his off-the-cuff zingers, but because the plot feels so ‘sitcom-y’ and forced, all the laughs are diluted.
    • From the wittiest zinger to the most heartfelt speech, I believed every word spoken.
    • The audience (mostly straight) lapped it up, along with the bitchiest exchanges - warming to the zingers rather than the play's uneasy heartsickness.
    • Writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber often relies too heavily on physical humor instead of truly clever zingers and one-liners.
    • Though conservative, Brooks the Journalist is reflective rather than bombastic; his zingers barely singe, let alone burn.
    • Stripping aside the zingers and hyperbole, you get a fairly clear picture of the respective strategies for the summer campaign.
    • Here he makes a good foil for Jackson's zingers.
    • Yes, she settles a few grievances and directs some partisan zingers at old foes.
    1. 1.1 An outstanding person or thing.
      杰出的人;超群的东西
      a zinger of a shot

      出色的射手。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their actual content's always up for debate and with Outtakes, it's gonna be a zinger of an argument.
      • Weird sounds and musical zingers punctuate the soundtrack.
      • And I wish I could say that I found it to be a real zinger.
      • Pauleta receives the ball from Conceicao and tries a shot from the edge of the Poland box to the right of the goal. it's a zinger and not too far away.
      • The song that seduced the masses all those months ago is still a zinger.
      • This breathy version of Joy To The World is a bit of a hotch-potch but it's a real zinger!
      • Welles uses his own intimate vocal delivery, and an atmospheric soundscape, to prepare us for a final zinger that is both eerie and contemplative.
      • A Phil Neville zinger takes a wicked deflection and Hildebrand scurries frantically across his goal-line to keep the ball out.
      • This was a zinger of an interview also, and Terry actually didn't come out all that good, nor did Bill, although I had really low expectations for him, and he exceeded those until the end.
      • In my experience of photographing people, shots one to four can invariably be junked, shot five often has some comedic value, but shot six is usually a zinger.
      • Storms admits she improvised this zinger in rehearsal, and was surprised that it was passed by CTV.
      • He's not getting hung up in technicalities, but when he makes a point, it is a real zinger.
      • The band knew what they were doing by recording an album with more soaring, soulful and dramatic songs than short, instant-single zingers.
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