| 释义 |
jollify, v. colloq.|ˈdʒɒlɪfaɪ|
[f. as prec. + -fy.]
1. trans. To make jolly or merry; to make slightly intoxicated: cf. jolly a. 3 b.
1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 600 Such things serve as shoeing-horns to draw on more bottles by jollifying the host.
2. intr. To make merry; esp. to indulge in drinking.
1830Fraser's Mag. I. 212 Noah was about performing a religious rite at the very moment that he jollified. 1865Pall Mall G. 29 Dec. 3 The tens of thousands who jollified at Sydenham on Boxing Day. 1880Blackmore Mary Anerley I. vi. 66 Here will they all jollify together; while the sky holds a cloud, or the locker a drop. |