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单词 frolicsome
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Definition of frolicsome in English:

frolicsome

adjective ˈfrɒlɪks(ə)mˈfrɑlɪksəm
  • Lively and playful.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Neither is it a frolicsome or supposedly innocent depiction, like Disney's Pocahontas.
    • Then on to Tullaghan where the three grey horse in Maguire's field kicked their heels in the air and seemed anxious to join in as they galloped their own frolicsome lap of honour.
    • You know, boys were frolicsome, so they would distract your attention when you were doing things.
    • Around the year 850 in southern Abyssinia, a young goatherd named Khaldi noticed that his goats were particularly frisky and frolicsome when he brought them home in the evening.
    • The reputation of the school as a respected fine arts education centre was at stake in this winking nod towards a frolicsome counter-hegemonic look at arts and amusement in Banff.
    • Dolphins, for example, are often seen chasing each other through the water like frolicsome puppies or riding the wakes of boats like surfers.
    • Promoters of the California idyll have largely ignored the irony that the state boasts not only palm trees, blonde beaches and frolicsome youth, but also fog.
    • A long bloody war painted red the frolicsome history that a common Kashmiri had enjoyed for a very brief period indeed.
    • A gracefully curling wave base bears aloft a pair of dancing dolphins, while overhead, a frosted-glass shade softly gleams with gently colored images of these frolicsome creatures at play.
    • I mean, it's such a frolicsome profession - cavorting and skipping around a store window arranging merchandise and props in full view of humanity.
    • The power and limberness of that kick was an extension of her frolicsome quality that Mr. B captured in his choreography.
    • Another jump and we're in the middle of a smutty online chat between Dan, pretending to be a chick, and a frolicsome dermatologist whom we'll soon come to know as Larry.
    • Much of the resulting fabric was built in Fascist times, and the sober, scraped, dull but essentially urban street fronts of that era set off the frolicsome Liberty monuments.
    • Their play with the golden balls was more frolicsome and a couple that rolled into the orchestra pit added a bit more frivolity.
    • When push comes to shove in a desperate race to survive, Manny, Sid, Diego, Elle and her two frolicsome little brothers all pull together despite their differences.
    • Speed entertains with the frolicsome and playful musical antics delivered through ‘good-humored’ chirpy lyrics and hip-shaking thrusting musical impact.
    • The frolicsome maidens of the early tapestries end as victims and victimizers on the barricades.
    • Merchant's style is anecdotal, a frolicsome oral narration, aglitter with personal encounters with stars round the world.
    • Arriving fatigued but frolicsome in Vilnius 40 hours after leaving the UK, my initial impressions made it worth it as I meandered through what claims to be the largest ‘Old Town’ in Europe on my way to my holiday abode.
    • Loud, friendly, fun and frolicsome, the bar staff serve industrial-strength cocktails that have brought down many a heavy drinker in the past and are likely to do so in the future.
    Synonyms
    frisky, jolly, fun-loving, lively, full of fun, high-spirited, spirited, in high spirits, exuberant, perky, skittish, coltish, kittenish
    playful, frisky, fun-loving, jolly, merry, gleeful, light-hearted, exuberant, high-spirited, spirited, lively, perky, skittish, coltish, kittenish

Derivatives

  • frolicsomely

  • adverb
    • On the opener Those Dancing Days Are Gone (William Butler Yeats) she uses the guitar like she's talking frolicsomely to a friend.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a middle-aged professor who drinks a rejuvenating potion, Cary Grant is required to act frolicsomely juvenile; it's painful to see him playing cowboys and Indians with a bunch of kids.
      • This saucy, stylish, frolicsomely funny show is an affectionate spoof of the golden age of the silver screen.
      • Up to 5000 visitors can frolicsomely celebrate in each festival tent.
      • In front of the entrance to the New Meadow the town built a nice swimming pool, where on hot summer days the local and neighboring youths romped happily and frolicsomely in great numbers.
  • frolicsomeness

  • noun
    • Amused by his own frolicsomeness, he sways from side to side, waggling a finger if your attention looks like wandering.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The golden calf, as we have said on many occasions, was the physical embodiment of the drives of the body: eternal youth and fun (a calf represents frolicsomeness, and gold represents eternity).
      • Can you feel the frolicsomeness and the untamed energy that this group emits?
      • They tease one another, butt with their horns in fun, run off, return, pretend new attacks and new flights with charming agility and frolicsomeness.
      • They were a group of merry youngsters, almost maddened with the exuberant frolicsomeness of their years.
 
 

Definition of frolicsome in US English:

frolicsome

adjectiveˈfrɑlɪksəmˈfräliksəm
  • Lively and playful.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Arriving fatigued but frolicsome in Vilnius 40 hours after leaving the UK, my initial impressions made it worth it as I meandered through what claims to be the largest ‘Old Town’ in Europe on my way to my holiday abode.
    • The power and limberness of that kick was an extension of her frolicsome quality that Mr. B captured in his choreography.
    • Speed entertains with the frolicsome and playful musical antics delivered through ‘good-humored’ chirpy lyrics and hip-shaking thrusting musical impact.
    • Around the year 850 in southern Abyssinia, a young goatherd named Khaldi noticed that his goats were particularly frisky and frolicsome when he brought them home in the evening.
    • I mean, it's such a frolicsome profession - cavorting and skipping around a store window arranging merchandise and props in full view of humanity.
    • A long bloody war painted red the frolicsome history that a common Kashmiri had enjoyed for a very brief period indeed.
    • Promoters of the California idyll have largely ignored the irony that the state boasts not only palm trees, blonde beaches and frolicsome youth, but also fog.
    • The reputation of the school as a respected fine arts education centre was at stake in this winking nod towards a frolicsome counter-hegemonic look at arts and amusement in Banff.
    • You know, boys were frolicsome, so they would distract your attention when you were doing things.
    • Neither is it a frolicsome or supposedly innocent depiction, like Disney's Pocahontas.
    • Then on to Tullaghan where the three grey horse in Maguire's field kicked their heels in the air and seemed anxious to join in as they galloped their own frolicsome lap of honour.
    • Merchant's style is anecdotal, a frolicsome oral narration, aglitter with personal encounters with stars round the world.
    • The frolicsome maidens of the early tapestries end as victims and victimizers on the barricades.
    • Loud, friendly, fun and frolicsome, the bar staff serve industrial-strength cocktails that have brought down many a heavy drinker in the past and are likely to do so in the future.
    • Another jump and we're in the middle of a smutty online chat between Dan, pretending to be a chick, and a frolicsome dermatologist whom we'll soon come to know as Larry.
    • Much of the resulting fabric was built in Fascist times, and the sober, scraped, dull but essentially urban street fronts of that era set off the frolicsome Liberty monuments.
    • Their play with the golden balls was more frolicsome and a couple that rolled into the orchestra pit added a bit more frivolity.
    • When push comes to shove in a desperate race to survive, Manny, Sid, Diego, Elle and her two frolicsome little brothers all pull together despite their differences.
    • A gracefully curling wave base bears aloft a pair of dancing dolphins, while overhead, a frosted-glass shade softly gleams with gently colored images of these frolicsome creatures at play.
    • Dolphins, for example, are often seen chasing each other through the water like frolicsome puppies or riding the wakes of boats like surfers.
    Synonyms
    frisky, jolly, fun-loving, lively, full of fun, high-spirited, spirited, in high spirits, exuberant, perky, skittish, coltish, kittenish
    playful, frisky, fun-loving, jolly, merry, gleeful, light-hearted, exuberant, high-spirited, spirited, lively, perky, skittish, coltish, kittenish
 
 
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