jaunty
英 ['dʒɔːntɪ]
美['dʒɔnti]
- adj. 快活的；活泼的；洋洋得意的；感到自信和自满的
词态变化
副词: jauntily;名词: jauntiness;
助记提示
1. French gentil was reborrowed into English as genteel, in which again connotations of good breeding figure highly. Attempts at a French accent resulted ultimately in jaunty, which originally meant 'wellbred' or 'elegant'.
2. Form reflects attempt to render the French pronunciation of gentil.
2. Form reflects attempt to render the French pronunciation of gentil.
中文词源
jaunty 心满意足的，洋洋得意的，自信满满的
来自古法语gentil,出身高贵的，友好的，愉悦的，词源同gentle,gentleman.并由出身好的引申傲慢，得意等相关词义。
英英释意
- 1. marked by smartness in dress and manners;
- "a dapper young man"
- "a jaunty red hat"
- 2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;
- "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton
- "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds
- "walked with a jaunty step"
- "a jaunty optimist"
英文词源
- jaunty
- jaunty: see gentle
- jaunty (adj.)
- 1660s, "elegant, stylish," from French gentil "nice, pleasing," in Old French "noble" (see gentle). Form reflects attempt to render the French pronunciation of gentil. Meaning "easy and sprightly in manner" first attested 1670s. Related: Jauntily; jauntiness.
实用场景例句
- a jaunty smile
- 得意扬扬的微笑
牛津词典
- a jaunty tune
- 轻松活泼的曲子
牛津词典
- He set off jauntily, whistling to himself.
- 他吹着口哨神气活现地出发了。
牛津词典
- ...a jaunty little man...
- 得意洋洋的小个子男人
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tremain's novel is altogether jauntier, more various and energetic than these quotations imply.
- 与这些引文给人的印象相比，特里曼的小说总的来说更加充满自信、富于变化，也更有活力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Perhaps I shall even use it to tap a jaunty tune on Cyrus's tombstone.
- 也许我应该用它在塞勒斯的墓碑上敲击出一段动人的旋律来.
期刊摘选
- Some people consider their journey like a jaunty tour.
- 有些人觉得他们的旅程是一次很愉快的旅行.
期刊摘选
- Some people consider their journey like a jaunty tour . They will just go merrily along.
- 有些人把他们的旅程当作一次快乐的旅行,一路上欢歌雀舞.
期刊摘选
- She is quite slim and she is wearing glasses and a jaunty hat.
- 她很苗条.戴着一副眼镜,头上戴一顶漂亮的帽子.
期刊摘选
- He wears his officer's cap jaunty, and picks his teeth with a sharpened goose quill.
- 他潇洒地微微歪戴着他那顶军帽子, 用一支削尖了的鹅毛管剔着牙齿.
期刊摘选
- The happy children walked with jaunty steps.
- 快乐的孩子们跳跳蹦蹦地走着.
辞典例句
- Normandie with silver steam funnel clasp and jaunty anchor decoration ( French, circa 1935 ).
- 的形象,带有银制蒸汽烟囱纽扣和时髦的锚形装饰 ( 法国, 大约1935年 ).
期刊摘选
- His full mustache curled upward in a jaunty, arrogant way.
- 他的全部小胡子往上翘着,显出一副扬扬得意的傲慢态度.
辞典例句
- One large room is hung with jaunty linoleum prints.
- 另一个大房间里挂满了一系列轻松活泼的油毡版画.
期刊摘选
- This attitude combines a lack of class consciousness, a somewhat jaunty optimism and an inquisitiveness.
- 这种态度包括等级观念不强, 得意洋洋的乐观劲儿和刨根问底的好奇心.
辞典例句
- He always wear his hat at a jaunty angle.
- 他老是得意洋洋地歪戴帽子.
期刊摘选
- Fields, 53, is a sinewy man with a broad smile and a jaunty gait.
- 道格拉斯, 今年53岁.他是一个面带微笑、步伐矫健而自信的人.
期刊摘选
- She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.
- 她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子.
《简明英汉词典》
- The happy boy walked with jaunty steps.
- 这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Guess where the jaunty streams refresh themselves.
- 猜猜欢乐的小溪在哪里恢复新生.
期刊摘选
- The hand played a jaunty twostep.
- 乐队奏着欢快的双步舞曲.
辞典例句