Jovial
['dʒəʊvɪəl;-vj(ə)l] or ['dʒovɪəl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.
(a.) Sunny; serene.
(a.) Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem.
卡蜜拉整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Merry, joyous, JOYFUL, gay, airy, mirthful.
阿尔塔編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Jolly, genial, convivial
ANT:Ungenial, melancholy, unconvivial, saturnine, lugubrious, gloomy
校對:洛丽塔
解釋/意思:
adj. joyous: full of mirth and happiness.—ns. Jove Jupiter; Jovial′ity Jō′vialness quality of being jovial.—adv. Jō′vially.
整理:苏西
例句/造句/用法:
- I'll sing the 'Jovial Crew,' or any other song, when a weak old man would cry his eyes out. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The jovial party broke up next morning. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- St Dunstan knew, as well as any one, the prerogatives of a jovial friar. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Changed into a man of this sort, Dobbin found the once florid, jovial, and prosperous John Sedley. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- As I strolled up and down, glancing at them occasionally, Mr. Rucastle came out to me, looking as merry and jovial as ever. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I imagine it is not too jovial up at Sordo's. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He was almost jovial now. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- She was the most hospitable and jovial of old vestals, and had been a beauty in her day, she said. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Old six-foot Snodgrass looms on high, With elephantine grace, And beams upon the company, With brown and jovial face. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We shall have a jovial party on the first, and we'll give Winkle another chance--eh, old boy? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- No one ever regretted the admittance of Sam Weller, for a more devoted, well-behaved, and jovial member no club could have. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Here Wamba and Gurth, with their allies the Black Knight and Locksley, and the jovial hermit, awaited with impatience an answer to their summons. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The house during her stay assumes a festive, neat, warm, jovial, snug appearance not visible at other seasons. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Dobbin looked as pale and grave as his comrade was flushed and jovial. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Admit him, said Front-de-Boeuf; most likely he brings us news from his jovial master. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
整理:苏西