• n. 諷刺；反語；具有諷刺意味的事
• adj. 鐵的；似鐵的

來自拉丁語ironia,來自希臘語eiron,裝糊涂，假裝無知，可能來自eirein,說，言語，詞源同verb,verbal.主要用于古希臘哲學(xué)家蘇格拉底的哲學(xué)思想和辯證手法，蘇格拉底在與人們辯論的時候，常常先承認(rèn)自己的無知和對方觀點(diǎn)的正確，然后通過舉例來引起對方的思考并最終讓對方承認(rèn)自己的錯誤。由于這種假裝無知的辯證手法，引申詞義反諷，諷刺。

來自iron,鐵。

irony

irony: [16] Irony has no etymological connection with iron. It comes via Latin īrōnia from Greek eirōneíā, which signified ‘deliberately pretending ignorance, particularly as a rhetorical device to get the better of one’s opponent in argument’. This was a derivative of eírōn ‘dissembler’, which in turn came from the verb eírein ‘say’. This original sense of ‘dissimulation’ survives in the expression Socratic irony, a reference to Socrates’ use of such feigned ignorance as a pedagogical method, but it has been overtaken as the main sense of the word by ‘saying the opposite of what one means’.

irony (n.)

c. 1500, from Latin ironia, from Greek eironeia "dissimulation, assumed ignorance," from eiron "dissembler," perhaps related to eirein "to speak" (see verb). Used in Greek of affected ignorance, especially that of Socrates. For nuances of usage, see humor. Figurative use for "condition opposite to what might be expected; contradictory circumstances" is from 1640s.

irony (adj.)

"of or resembling iron," late 14c., from iron (n.) + -y (2).

1. There is a delicious irony in all this.

這一切中包含了一種絕妙的諷刺。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The phrase is loaded with irony.

此語滿含諷刺意味。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She said to him with slight irony.

她略帶嘲諷地對他說.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.

辛克萊審視著那張不動聲色的精明的臉龐，試圖尋找任何冷嘲的跡象，但是卻什么都沒發(fā)現(xiàn)。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I glanced at her and saw no hint of irony on her face.

我瞥了她一眼，沒有在她的臉上看到一絲嘲弄。

來自柯林斯例句