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单词 vivacity
释义
vivaciousvi‧va‧cious /vəˈveɪʃəs $ və-, vaɪ-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINvivacious
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin vivax ‘living a long time, vivacious’, from vivere; VIVID
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a vivacious and outgoing personality
  • He married a vivacious girl called Sarah who he met at university.
  • Laura was an all-American type -- cute, blonde, vivacious.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Cooper soon gravitated toward the good-looking and vivacious Lula and asked her out.
  • Mary Ann was vivacious, pretty, outgoing, and a good organizer.
  • She's tender-hearted, generous, vivacious but at the same time she likes to have her own way.
  • She is a vivacious young lady who combines instructing with commercial flying and club administration.
  • She was charming, intelligent, and vivacious.
  • She was petite, going silver-haired, vivacious, bright, and willing to take Richard on trust.
  • She was under five feet five inches tall, but strikingly good-looking, with dark hair and eyes and vivacious manners.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorhappy and energetic
cheerful and active: · She was a lively and adventurous girl - not one for a quiet life.· As a speaker, he was articulate, lively, and funny.
a woman or girl who is vivacious has a lot of energy and a happy and attractive manner: · Laura was an all-American type -- cute, blonde, vivacious.· He married a vivacious girl called Sarah who he met at university.
full of interest and energy, especially when talking to someone: · Mike tends to be more animated in the presence of women.become animated: · As the evening went on she became quite animated, talking and laughing with the other girls.
to feel happy and lively, and to show this by the way you behave: · Stephen was a normal boy of seven, full of life and fun.· Before the accident he had been a cheerful, confident man, full of life.
informal to feel happy, energetic, and eager, and to show this by the way you behave: · I wish I was one of those people who are full of beans first thing in the morning.· You'd never think she'd been ill -- she came bouncing in this morning, full of beans.
to feel full of energy, happy, and free: · After the divorce she felt really alive for the first time in her life.· I only feel truly alive when I'm outside, in the open air.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=liking to meet and talk to people)· Her lively personality won her many admirers.
someone, especially a woman, who is vivacious has a lot of energy and a happy attractive manner – used to show approval SYN  lively:  a vivacious personalityvivaciously adverbvivaciousness noun [uncountable]vivacity /vəˈvæsəti $ və-, vaɪ-/ noun [uncountable]
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