amusing
英 [ə'mjuːzɪŋ]
美 [ə'mjuzɪŋ]
- adj. 有趣的，好玩的；引人發笑的
- v. 逗樂；打發；使…高興（amuse的ing形式）
英文詞源
- amusing (adj.)
- c. 1600, "cheating;" present participle adjective from amuse (v.). Sense of "interesting" is from 1712; that of "pleasantly entertaining, tickling to the fancy" is from 1826. Noted late 1920s as a vogue word. Amusive has been tried in all senses since 18c. and might be useful, but it never caught on. Related: Amusingly.
雙語例句
- 1. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.
- 隻要覺得好笑就盡管笑。
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- 2. The book is full of amusing sidelights on his family background.
- 書中有很多關於他家庭背景的趣聞。
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- 3. He was witty, amusing and gifted with a sharp business brain.
- 他機智詼諧，具有敏銳的商業頭腦。
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- 4. The show is very amusing and the cast are very good.
- 演出妙趣橫生，演員的表演也很出彩。
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- 5. They recounted amusing stories about their first sexual ex-periences.
- 他們講述了他們第一次性經曆的趣事。
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