jaunty是什么意思_jaunty怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;"looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"
"life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"
"walked with a jaunty step"
"a jaunty optimist"

中英词源

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。WWW.wenTIYI.COM

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.

词态变化

副词 jauntily;
名词 jauntiness;

权威造句

1. She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.: 她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子.

2. The happy boy walked with jaunty steps.: 这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着.

3. "Whoa, I"m goin" to Barbay-dos!" ran the jaunty lyrics of a 1970s hit song.: “喔，我要去巴巴多斯!”一首20世纪70年代流行歌曲这样欢快地唱道。

4. 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.

5. The happy children walked with jaunty steps.: 快乐的孩子们跳跳蹦蹦地走着.

近反义词

cheerful 高兴的

dashing 时髦的

optimistic 乐观的

carefree 无忧无虑的

cheery 活泼的

jolly 愉快的

spry 精神好的

lively 活泼的

sprightly （老人）精力充沛的...

brisk 敏锐的

chirpy 快活的

merry 愉快的

snappy 干脆的

debonaire 快活的

rakish 放荡的

dapper 衣冠楚楚的

spiffy 出色的

spruce 赤松

natty 整洁的

debonair 温文尔雅的

chipper 木材削片机

raffish 放荡的

相似短语

jaunty car phr. 双轮马车

单词分析

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记忆方法

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.

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