He has a knack of saying funny things.

他有说本事。

We savored the barbed hits in his reply.

我们很欣赏他在回答中带刺。

Yet he chronicles his travels with a wearying feather-light jocularity, prizing one-liners over lucid analysis.

但他记录旅行笔法却是乏味、轻佻滑稽，过多代了清晰分析。

She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.

她把帽子歪戴成样子。

In a sally at the end of the debate the candidate elicited much laughter from the audience.

在辩论结束时候加入一句引起了听众大笑。

That's a clever hit.

这是一句巧妙。