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英语单词 amusing
英美音标 英 [ə'mjuːzɪŋ] 美 [ə'mjuːzɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.有趣的;引人发笑的
英语例句 (1) He is an amusing contrast to Russell.
(2) The announcer broadcasted a piece of amusing news.
(3) The noise pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise.
中文例句 (1) 他和拉塞尔形成了有趣的对照。
(2) 播音员报道了一条有趣的新闻。
(3) 这个有关噪音的污染调查还揭示了一种出人意外而同时可能会引人意外而同时可能会引人发笑的老式噪音源。
vocabulary简明 The adjective amusing describes someone or something that makes you laugh. Something that you find amusing, like your favorite stand up comic, might be less amusing to your easily offended grandmother.
vocabulary扩展 A pastime that's enjoyably diverting can also be described as amusing, like playing board games on a rainy day. Amusing comes from the verb amuse, which is itself from the Middle French word amuser. Interestingly, amuser meant "to stare at stupidly," and the English word originally meant "to deceive by distraction." The more benign funny and enjoyable meanings didn't arise until much later, but they eventually made the original meaning obsolete.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]逗人笑的;有乐趣的;好笑的 Someone or something that is amusing makes you laugh or smile.
  • He had a terrific sense of humour and could be very amusing...

    他极具幽默感,很会逗人发笑。

  • They recounted amusing stories about their first sexual experiences.

    他们讲述了他们第一次性经历的趣事。

amusingly
  • It must be amusingly written...

    必须要把它写得趣味盎然。

  • Recline & Sprawl is an amusingly named furniture shop in London.

    Recline & Sprawl 是伦敦一家店名有趣的家具店。

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