| 单词 | jocular |
| 释义 | jocularWord family (noun) joke joker jokiness jocularity (adjective) jokey jocular (verb) joke (adverb) jokingly jokily jocularly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjocularjoc‧u‧lar /ˈdʒɒkjələ $ ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ adjective formalJOKING/NOT SERIOUSjoking or humorous → jollyHe sounded in a jocular mood. —jocularly adverb —jocularity /ˌdʒɒkjəˈlærəti $ ˌdʒɑː-/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusjocular• Moreover, once the cases were distributed to each member, the reactions were jocular.• To those ballads he added a substantial leavening of others that were complimentary, jocular, and satirical.• At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat.• His attention and trust gave her jocular ease with men and what acceptance she had of her own forceful character.• I was appalled to hear his jovial, jocular style.• a jocular toneOrigin jocular (1600-1700) Latin jocularis, from jocus; → JOKE1 |
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