| 单词 | jocular |
| 释义 | jocular adjective formaluk/ˈdʒɒk.jə.lər/us/ˈdʒɑː.kjə.lɚ/funnyorintendedto make someonelaugh: 打趣的；逗乐的a jocularcomment诙谐的评论 used todescribesomeone who ishappyandlikesto makejokes: 爱开玩笑的Michael was in a very jocularmoodat theparty.迈克尔在聚会上非常诙谐、幽默。 Humour & humorous
jocular| American Dictionaryjocular adjective us/ˈdʒɑk·jə·lər/amusing,showingamusement, orintendedtocauseamusement: a jocularmood Examplesofjocularjocular Our material contains evidence of stylistic innovation andjocular, creative, even satirical uses that require advanced skills from both the speaker/writer and the audience. From theCambridge English Corpus First, the narrator frequently intervenes to makejocularand sometimes obscene comments about women's character and anatomy. From theCambridge English Corpus Even the "jocular" definition has something going for it, but it depends on context; the definition is based on circumstantial evidence. From theCambridge English Corpus Ajocularapproach to death is offensive only if it can be expected that the hearer would regard it as such. From theCambridge English Corpus He was informal, familiar andjocular; he could be bawdy, coarse and crude. From theCambridge English Corpus From which a comedian might be inclined to draw a parable, flattering to his profession, of the respective standings of philosophy and his ownjocularcommon sense. From theCambridge English Corpus The clarinet solos take on a warmer, almostjoculartone, and the strings unveil a gorgeous, folk-flavoured extended melody, sung to sleep by those triplets, now in the celesta. From theCambridge English Corpus They provide a climax, summing up, condensing and typifying, or mark a change of footing, indicating a closing or a contrast or adding ajoculartone. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, the variations described above are possible if one wants to soundjocularor if the sentence is taken literally, in its nonidiomatic sense: consider (a) or (d). From theCambridge English Corpus Incidentally, it is very rare to findjocularuse of prefixes, but mention must be made, and this seems as good a place as any, of underwhelm, "to leave unimpressed". From theCambridge English Corpus I do not know whether that was intended to bejocular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I must protest against being treated in thisjocularway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, in an almostjocularway, it ignored most of the recommendations that have been made so far. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What aboutjocularwords and uses in other languages? From theCambridge English Corpus Although he makes ajocularpoint, it has a serious edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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