Severe, unsentimental, dry, so much so as to be maybe even a little bit funny.

严肃，不带感情色彩，晦涩难懂,如此这般以至于又多了一份滑稽有趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It's funny a little bit. It's a picturesque comparison, hair and gravy, 0 but it emphasizes that ugliness. Now, if you look on page 80 , this is a woman climbing out of the swimming pool.

这的确挺好玩儿的，这是一个生动的对比，头发和肉汁，小说着重强调了丑陋，现在，如果你把书翻到第80页0,我的书是84页，这是一个刚才游泳池中爬出的女人的形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选