She could never think of a clever retort to counter Ben's string of jokes and witticisms.本笑话不断，妙语连珠，而她却想不出一句俏皮的话来反击他。He said queer things at which one often could not help but laugh, but he said them without intentionally offering them as witticisms.他讲些奇妙的事情让人禁不住笑，可他并没刻意地将它们当俏皮话来说。