make a quip 说俏皮话
off a quip 随口说
quip back 机智回击
dry quip 干瘪的俏皮话
witty quip 机智的言论
1. She quipped, "I'm not late, you're just early."
她俏皮地说：“我不是迟到，是你太早了。”
2. He quipped about her new haircut in a joking manner.
他开玩笑地对她新发型开起了玩笑。
3. The teacher quipped that silence was golden in the library.
老师俏皮地说，在图书馆里沉默是金。
A: Did you agree to work overtime?
A：你同意加班吗？
B: No, I quipped that I had a prior engagement with my cat.
B：不，我机智地回答说我和我的猫有个先前的约定。
1) 机智地说
2) 讽刺地回应
3) 说俏皮话
1. 用机智、幽默或讽刺的话回应；说俏皮话
e.g.
He quipped that he was too old for this kind of adventure.
他开玩笑说，他年纪太大，不适合这种冒险活动。
verb (past tense/past participle of quip)
1. To make a witty or ironic remark, often as a reply or comment.
Synonym: quipped, retorted (in a witty context), quipped