n. subtle jest,subtlety,equivocation,quibble俏皮玩笑,狡猾,含糊其辞,双关语。 △Ham.5.1.105 (99):“Where be his quiddities now,” i.e. the subtleties ornice distinctions of logic and law. 现在他的狡辩呢? △1H.IV.1.2.50(44): “What,in thy quips and thyquiddities? What a plague have I to do with a buffjerkin?”怎么,你的俏皮话和双关语又来了吗? 牛皮上装跟我有什么相干?