quotable
quotable — 形容詞
- quotablepositive
- more quotablecomparative
- most quotablesuperlative
1. If a remark or piece of writing is quotable, it is clever, funny, or true enough
值得引用的
言詞精闢有趣，讓人想原句轉述
If a remark or piece of writing is quotable, it is clever, funny, or true enough that people want to repeat its exact words to others.
Beatriz ended her speech with a short, quotable line about courage and hope.
Beatriz 在演講結尾說了一句簡短又值得引用、關於勇氣與希望的話。
quotable describing a memorable spoken line
The film is full of quotable jokes, so fans keep posting their favourite ones online.
這部電影充滿值得引用的笑點，所以影迷不斷在網路上貼出自己最愛的台詞。
quotable + plural noun (jokes, lines)
Reporters loved the mayor because every answer gave them a neat, quotable sentence for the news.
記者很喜歡這位市長，因為他每個回答都能給他們一句適合引用的新聞句子。
quotable as a useful trait for journalists
Kwame underlined the most quotable passages in the novel before writing his book report.
Kwame 在寫讀書報告前，先把小說裡最值得引用的段落畫了線。
Her diary held a few quotable thoughts among many ordinary daily notes.
她的日記裡，在許多平凡的日常紀錄中，藏著幾段值得引用的想法。
- quotable line
- quotable quote
- highly quotable
- forgettable
not worth remembering or repeating
用法筆記
Subject is usually words themselves — a line, quote, joke, or passage — rather than the person who said them. For people, see sense 2.
2. A quotable person often says clever or striking things that other people enjoy r
妙語連珠的
形容人常說出讓人想轉述的妙語
A quotable person often says clever or striking things that other people enjoy repeating.
Christopher was the most quotable teacher at the school, and pupils wrote down his jokes for years.
Christopher 是全校最妙語連珠的老師，學生多年來都把他的笑話記下來。
quotable describing a person who says memorable things
Sayaka is so quotable that her friends often repeat her sharp comments at dinner.
Sayaka 太妙語連珠了，朋友常在晚餐時重述她那些犀利的評論。
quotable + person as subject
The coach was endlessly quotable, and local papers printed his blunt remarks every Monday.
這位教練總是妙語連珠，當地報紙每週一都會刊出他直率的評論。
Karim became a quotable guest on talk shows because he always gave a witty reply.
Karim 因為總能給出機智的回應，成了脫口秀上妙語連珠的常客。
- highly quotable
- endlessly quotable
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the headword describes a speaker (a person), not the words spoken. Often paired with intensifiers like 'endlessly' or 'highly'.