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单词 frolic
释义 frol·ic
I. \ˈfrälik, -lēk\ adjective
Etymology: Dutch vroolijk, from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from vro happy, joyful + -lijc -ly (akin to Old High German -līh); akin to Old Frisian frō happy, Old Saxon frā, frō, fraho, Old High German frō happy, Old Norse frār swift, Old English frogga frog — more at frog
: full of fun or mirth : dancing, playing, or frisking about : gay, merry
 < contrasting the stern anxiety of his present mood with the frolic spirit of the preceding year — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
frol·ic·ly \-lə̇klē, -li\ adverb
II. \“, chiefly in pres part -lək\ intransitive verb
(frolicked ; frolicked ; frolicking ; frolics)
1. : to amuse oneself : make merry : make fun : disport, revel
 < who has frolicked with him the night before and little dreams that he is to leave her — Encyc. Americana >
2. : to move gaily or sportively : play about happily : romp, caper, gambol
 < two white pigeons frolicking on the green lawn — New York Times >
 < a young daughter who … frolicked around the bar, the storerooms, and the wine cellars — New Yorker >
Synonyms: see play
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: frolic (II)
1. : a playful, sportive, or gaily mischievous action : a good time : prank, lark
 < would ask a visitor if she wanted onions in her cocoa … had always been up to some frolic like that — Jean Stafford >
 < boys bent on a frolic — Margaret Mead >
 < for the first ten months the klan existed mainly as a frolic — Dixon Wecter >
2.
 a. : fun, merriment, gaiety
  < their sedateness is as comical as their frolic — George Meredith >
  < can read and enjoy him for his lively sense of adventure and frolic — Richard McLaughlin >
  < expecting to indulge in an evening of lightsome frolic — Theodore Dreiser >
 b. : an occasion or scene of gaiety and mirth : dance, party, picnic
  < working in behalf of the seventh annual spring frolic, a tea dance — New York Times >
  < frolics at the officers' club — H.H.Martin >
 as
  (1) dialect : bee 3
   < quilting frolic >
  (2) dialect : a lively country party usually with dancing and games
Synonyms: see play II
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