jolly
adj
(-ier, -iest)
1 happy and cheerful 愉快的; 快樂的
a jolly person, manner, laugh 愉快的人、 態(tài)度、 笑聲.
2 (dated infml 舊, 口) lively and very pleasant; delightful or enjoyable; merry 活潑愉快的; 令人高興的; 歡樂的
a jolly party, song, time 歡樂的聚會、 歌曲、 時候.
3 cheerful because slightly drunk 因微醉而酣暢的
feel/look jolly 感到[看來]微醉的暢快.
4 (idm 習語) ,jolly `hockey sticks (Brit catchphrase警語) (used to suggest the cheerful athletic style of life associated with (esp private) girls' schools 用以指(尤為私立)女子學校中愉快健康的生活方式. jolly, adv (Brit infml 口)
1 very 非常; 很: She's a jolly good teacher. 她是個非常好的老師.
He can cook, and he does it jolly well. 他會做飯, 并且做得特別好.
2 (idm 習語) `jolly well (used to emphasize a statement 用以強調所說的事) certainly 無疑地; 肯定地
`Will you come back for me?' `No if you don't come now, you can jolly well walk home.' `你回來接我嗎?'`不--你現(xiàn)在要是不走, 一定得步行回家.'; jolly, v (pt, pp jollied) (phr v) jolly sb along (infml 口) keep sb in a good/friendly mood so that he will help, work, etc 哄著某人使其幫忙、 工作等
You'll have to jolly him along a bit, but he'll do a good job. 得哄著他點兒, 他才好好干. jolly sth up make sth bright and pleasant to look at; cheer sth up 使某物看上去鮮艷奪目; 使某物有生氣
This room needs jollying up how about yellow and red wallpaper? 這間屋子需要弄得明快些--來點兒黃色和紅色的壁紙怎麼樣?