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jocose

/joh-kohs, juh-/US // dʒoʊˈkoʊs, dʒə- //UK // (dʒəˈkəʊs) //

戏称,戏谑,戏说,戏言

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: his typically lively and jocose manner.

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Examples

  • He is the principal writer of Italian jocose poetry, which has ever since retained the name of poesia Bernesca.

  • Then a whole row of books on a loosely packed shelf toppled over on each other with soft jocose slaps.

  • Most serious, though with a jocose dialect commonly, having a cheerful wit in speaking to men.

  • He was genial and jocose, sunburnt and romantically allusive.

  • I do not grasp all your teachings, but I bow to them,' answered the deputy, having recovered enough presence of mind to be jocose.