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jollity

/jol-i-tee/US // ˈdʒɒl ɪ ti //UK // (ˈdʒɒlɪtɪ) //

欢乐的气氛,欢乐,欢快,欢愉

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural jol·li·ties.

    • : jolly or merry mood, condition, or activity; gaiety.
    • : jollities, jolly festivities.

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Examples

  • Yet jollity and gloom are still at war in our censorious age.

  • Jollity and gloom were contending for an empire,” wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne in his story “The May-Pole of Merry Mount.

  • The man who wrote Glengarry Glen Ross actually and unironically references "the current economic jollity."

  • The two men got along with such incongruous jollity that they soon earned the nickname “the Chuckle Brothers.”

  • These practical jokes are all taken in good part and made to contribute to the jollity of the season.

  • I takes it reg'lar, and I can warrant it to drive away any illness as is caused by too much jollity.'

  • In the previous September Howard had reported her 'never so gallant many years, nor so set upon jollity.'

  • Cooney Brashear added to the jollity by suggesting that Alfred "give Sammy's mewel a dose the next time he kicks you."

  • They looked on at blows given and taken in good temper, hardship sharpening jollity.