英语单词 | jovial |
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英美音标 | ['dʒəuviəl] |
中文释义 | adj.快活的,高兴的,愉快的,[宗](主神)朱庇特的 |
vocabulary简明 | Use jovial to describe people who show good humor and are full of joy. Santa Claus, with his constant "ho-ho-hoing" is a jovial figure. |
vocabulary扩展 | Jocose and jocular are similar words, but they refer more to things that actually cause laughter. Jovial is from Middle French, from Late Latin jovialis "relating to Jupiter, the ancient Roman god of the sky," from Jupiter "Jupiter" plus the Latin prefix -alis "relating to." In astrology, people born under the sign of Jupiter are joyful. |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]快乐的;愉快的 If you describe a person as jovial, you mean that they are happy and behave in a cheerful way. [WRITTEN 笔语]
joviality
jovially
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