Amusing
[ə'mjuːzɪŋ] or [ə'mjuzɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) arousing or provoking laughter; 'an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls'; 'an amusing fellow'; 'a comic hat'; 'a comical look of surprise'; 'funny stories that made everybody laugh'; 'a very funny writer'; 'it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much'; 'a mirthful experience'; 'risible courtroom antics' .
(adj.) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; 'an amusing speaker'; 'a diverting story' .
安德烈整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amuse
(a.) Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.
錄入:诺兰
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Entertaining, diverting, laughable, ridiculous, comical, funny, farcical, risible.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I don't tell amusing stories, he said curtly, and walked across to the piano. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It was almost as amusing to the Victorian English as the story of Balaam's ass. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I approved, for my part, the amusing one's self with poetry now and then, so far as to improve one's language, but no farther. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And there will be amusing things to do. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I should hope you gentlemen of the army may find many means of amusing yourselves if you give your minds to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Then, as to sitting here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that need cause you no inconvenience. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- How comparatively easy the task of amusing these people if he were present! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- You can make almost any theme amusing to me, Eugene, but not this. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He was rather a favourite with the regiment, treating the young officers with sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Edison tells an amusing story of his own pursuits at this time. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And this occupation or agitation of the mind is commonly agreeable and amusing. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I might look in there now; the Fisher evenings are amusing. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Their faces show a considerable share of frankness combined with amusing na?veté. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It must be an amusing study. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He tells an amusing story of one dilemma into which his good-nature led him at this period: At Menlo Park one day, a farmer came in and asked if I knew any way to kill potato-bugs. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Is it some amusing joke? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Thomson's Seasons, Hayley's Cowper, Middleton's Cicero, were by far the lightest, newest, and most amusing. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- She was pretty, amusing and accomplished: what more did any one want? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Nothing is more amusing than his complete submission when he has been once thoroughly beaten. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- A visit to Mrs. Manson Mingott was always an amusing episode to the young man. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- They were so much more amusing than all the jog-trot Harley Street ways. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Martin had heard certain rumours; it struck him that it might be amusing to make an experiment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- That very dear part of Emma, her fancy, received an amusing supply. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Gordon, Brunton and Gurney attempted a curious and amusing steam carriage, resembling a horse in action--having jointed legs and feet, but this animal was not successful. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The women here are as amusing as those in May Fair, she told an old London friend who met her, only, their dresses are not quite so fresh. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- We shall be only amusing ourselves. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The visit, even in my shattered condition, proved to be a most amusing one--thanks entirely to the presence on the scene of Gabriel Betteredge. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Elinor used to tell her sisters that she married me for my ugliness--it was so various and amusing that it had quite conquered her prudence. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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