单词 | jolly |
释义 | jol·ly I. 1. a. (1) < think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly — A.E.Housman > < seems pretty comfortable and jolly — Rachel Henning > (2) < a jolly and carefree companion — R.W.Pickford > < jolly sportsmen … reserved time enough to frolic — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > b. < impressed by his jolly air of success — Arnold Bennett > < the last movement is a jolly rondo — Virgil Thomson > < entirely in the right of it to lead a jolly life — George Eliot > < had a jolly time > < thickets of hawthorn and holly with jolly little streams — S.P.B.Mais > < the countryside has a jolly quality — Rebecca West > 2. now dialect England a. b. 3. < jolly little open carriages — O.S.Nock > < what a jolly new world it is — T.R.Ybarra > < studying the … jolly curve of her cheek — Vera Caspary > < why, that's real jolly > Synonyms: see merry II. < did a lot of things that were jolly foolish — R.H.Newman > < hoped it would be a jolly good lesson to them — Dorothy Sayers > — often used as an intensive < they would kindly do as they were jolly well told — John Stockbridge > III. intransitive verb < jollied and joked with sailors in the street — Dixon Wecter > transitive verb 1. < jollying the illiterate populace along towards the new age — Roland Mathias > < jollied my mother by joining her on the sofa — Peter De Vries > < do be good … and jolly him along — Robertson Davies > < try to pay for their entertainment by jollying us along — S.E.White > 2. IV. 1. Britain 2. chiefly Britain 3. or jol·ley also jol·lie |
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