irony

Các nghĩa

1. giống thép · giống gang

   The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

   countable · rhetoric · uncountable

   Irony, saying what it ne'er intends, Censures with praise, and speaks to foes as friends.

2. lời nói mỉa mai

   An ironic statement.

   countable · rhetoric

3. tình huống trớ trêu trên sân khấu

   Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

   countable · uncountable

4. sự giả vờ ngu dốt kiểu Socrates

   Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

   countable · uncountable

5. sự trớ trêu

   Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.

   countable · informal · uncountable

Dạng khác

• ironies plural