| 单词 | toujours gai |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoujours gai 1. toujours gai /ɡe/, ‘always cheerful’; cheerful under all circumstances; also as n., an unfailingly cheerful disposition. Occasionally partially anglicized as toujours gay. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful optimism sanguine1530 toujours gai1711 optimism1812 buoyancy1819 buoyance1821 rhathymia1936 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerfully optimistic sanguine1509 elastical1660 buoyanta1748 elastic1786 resilient1830 sunshine-showery1830 happy-go-lucky1835 toujours gai1899 bouncy1921 upbeat1947 blue skies2005 1711 J. Addison in D. Piper Eng. Face (1957) vii. 163 A certain smirking Air..bestowed indifferently on every Age and Degree... The Toujours Gai appeared even in Judges, Bishops and Privy-Counsellors. 1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. viii. 263 They [sc. prostitutes] spoke of themselves as ‘gay’... A night's reflection has convinced me that there is no hell for these women in another world... It was my duty to watch through the night a patient—gay, toujours gay, remember—quivering on the verge of the ‘jumps’. 1927 D. Marquis Archy & Mehitabel xiv. 56 Well archy the world is full of ups and downs but toujours gai is my motto. 1972 M. Kenyon Shooting of Dan McGrew xxi. 174 He was ‘toujours gai’ (I wonder is he on drugs?). < as lemmas |
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