| 单词 | vivacity |
| 释义 | vivacity (once / 952 pages) n If someone says you're full of vivacity, that means you have high spirits and are full of life. Your vivacity makes you a great comedic actor because you attack the stage with endless energy. Vivacity comes from the Latin vīvācitāt-, meaning "life force," and shares a root with the word vital. You may know from medical dramas that if someone's vital signs are not good, that means he's dying. But if he is full of vivacity, that means the opposite: he's totally energetically fully alive! If you don't have much vivacity, don't become a motivational speaker. WORD FAMILYvivacity: vivacious, vivacities+/vivacious: vivaciously USAGE EXAMPLESThen she turned abruptly and, with her body tilted back, launched herself sideways toward Kampouris in a whirlwind of vicious vivacity. The New Yorker(Oct 17, 2016) The latter combine the stateliness of stained-glass windows with the vivacity of pop art — half medieval cathedral, half 1960s Vogue. Washington Post(Oct 06, 2016) At 50, this blond, cherry-lipped singer has the bounce and vivacity of a high school cheerleader and the political sensibility of a radical left-wing journalist. New York Times(Sep 15, 2016) n characterized by high spirits and animation Hyper high-spiritedness exuberant liveliness |
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