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canty

/kan-tee, kahn-/US // ˈkæn ti, ˈkɑn- //UK // (ˈkæntɪ, ˈkɑːn-) //

坎蒂,罐头,坎特,罐子

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chiefly Scot.

    • : cheerful; lively.

Examples

  • The strongest scenes in the story had to be omitted when one performer played both Tom Canty and the little Prince.

  • He fell, and Canty, walking close to his side, coolly sent a bullet through his body.

  • The interruption was John Canty—with a peddler's pack on his back—and Hugo.

  • "He may dee, but he'll never grow auld," said a canty old wife of her old minister, whose cheek was ruddy like an apple.

  • They bring Isabella and one of the grown-ups, and will come in for a Canty.