jolly

• adj. 愉快的；歡樂的；宜人的
• adv. 很；非常
• vt. （口）用好話勸某人做…；（口）用好話使高興
• vi. （口）開玩笑
• n. (Jolly)人名；(法)若利；(英、印)喬利；(德)約利

來自古法語jolif,節日，歡樂。詞源不確定，可能來自古諾斯語jol,冬天的節日，詞源同Yule,yuletide.或來自拉丁語gaudere,享受，愉悅，詞源同gaudy,enjoy.

jolly

jolly: [14] Old French jolif meant ‘pleasant, merry, festive’ (it has been speculated that it may have been derived from jól, the Old Norse term for the midwinter festival, to which English yule is closely related). English took the adjective over, and whereas in French (the modern form is joli) it has come to mean ‘pretty’, in English it kept closer to the original sense ‘merry’.
=> yule

jolly (adj.)

c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jolif "festive, merry, amorous, pretty" (12c.) of uncertain origin (cognate with Italian giulivo "merry, pleasant").

Perhaps a Germanic loan-word from a source akin to Old Norse jol "a winter feast" (see yule), or from Latin gaudere "to rejoice," from PIE *gau- "to rejoice" (see joy). For loss of -f, compare tardy, hasty. Related: Jollily; jolliness.

1. It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?

他可真倒黴，不是嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

2. It was jolly hard work, but I loved it.

這可是件很苦的差事，不過我喜歡。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She was jolly good at jigsaws.

她拚圖玩得很棒。

來自柯林斯例句

4. She had a very jolly time in Korea.

她在韓國玩得很愜意。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I was looking forward to a jolly party.

我期待著有一個令人愉快的聚會。

來自柯林斯例句