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单词 verve
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Definition of verve in English:

verve

noun vəːvvərv
mass noun
  • Vigour and spirit or enthusiasm.

    Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The jathis were in perfect harmony, and executed with energy and verve.
    • The problem is that none of Piggins' performance verve and energy makes it onto the CD.
    • The band have verve, youth and vigour and their ebullient style puts me in mind of The Monkees until I listen to the lyrics.
    • This balletic score received a performance filled with rhythmic verve and brio.
    • Each number has energy and verve, with more emphasis on songs and arrangements than jazz content.
    • The major parties have performed all right, but there's no excitement, no verve and no spirit.
    • Names should always be designated with verve and panache and Scotland, it turns out, has plenty of both.
    • The design captures the spirit, character and verve of Chinese culture.
    • I wrote an introductory e-mail to farms all over Quebec describing my fervour and verve.
    • With clarity and verve, he drove home the timeless message of the Gita.
    • We commend the work of Jyllie in particular for her drive, verve and persistence in organising the parade.
    • Here, in other words, is a nightmare vision of a world without originality, verve, spirit or love.
    • The group from Kolhapur in Maharashtra, to perform before Hyderabadis, was full of verve and vigour.
    • Its fire, intellectual verve and occasional fanaticism are almost unique in British journalism.
    • Teenage girls have passione and verve and the chutzpah to do anything and wear anything they want.
    • She was a young woman in her 20s who sparkled with creative verve and obvious good taste.
    • In an overwhelmingly male milieu, the diminutive Borda added verve and vigour.
    • Sure, there were film songs sung with verve, dances and a skit, and games for children scampering around.
    • Maybe we all have an inner desire to ascend towards the heavens with grace and verve.
    • With verve and vigour, they hold on to their ideal of delivering the message of peace.
    Synonyms
    enthusiasm, vigour, energy, pep, dynamism, go, elan, vitality, vivacity, buoyancy, liveliness, animation, sprightliness, zest, sparkle, effervescence, fizz, spirit, spiritedness, ebullience, life, dash, brio, fervour, gusto, eagerness, keenness, passion, zeal, relish, feeling, ardour, fire, fieriness, drive, forcefulness, force, strength, determination, motivation, push, vehemence, fanaticism
    informal zing, zip, vim, punch, get-up-and-go, pizzazz, oomph, feistiness

Origin

Late 17th century (denoting special talent in writing): from French, 'vigour', earlier 'form of expression', from Latin verba 'words'.

  • Verve started out meaning ‘special talent in writing’. It is from a French word for ‘vigour’, and before that ‘form of expression’, from Latin verba ‘words’. The word came to be used in the generalized sense ‘energy, vigour’ in the middle of the 19th century.

Rhymes

conserve, curve, Deneuve, derv, hors d'oeuvre, nerve, observe, roman-fleuve, serve, subserve, swerve
 
 

Definition of verve in US English:

verve

nounvərvvərv
  • Vigor and spirit or enthusiasm.

    Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Maybe we all have an inner desire to ascend towards the heavens with grace and verve.
    • The major parties have performed all right, but there's no excitement, no verve and no spirit.
    • The problem is that none of Piggins' performance verve and energy makes it onto the CD.
    • The band have verve, youth and vigour and their ebullient style puts me in mind of The Monkees until I listen to the lyrics.
    • We commend the work of Jyllie in particular for her drive, verve and persistence in organising the parade.
    • The jathis were in perfect harmony, and executed with energy and verve.
    • In an overwhelmingly male milieu, the diminutive Borda added verve and vigour.
    • This balletic score received a performance filled with rhythmic verve and brio.
    • Here, in other words, is a nightmare vision of a world without originality, verve, spirit or love.
    • Each number has energy and verve, with more emphasis on songs and arrangements than jazz content.
    • Its fire, intellectual verve and occasional fanaticism are almost unique in British journalism.
    • Sure, there were film songs sung with verve, dances and a skit, and games for children scampering around.
    • The design captures the spirit, character and verve of Chinese culture.
    • She was a young woman in her 20s who sparkled with creative verve and obvious good taste.
    • Teenage girls have passione and verve and the chutzpah to do anything and wear anything they want.
    • I wrote an introductory e-mail to farms all over Quebec describing my fervour and verve.
    • Names should always be designated with verve and panache and Scotland, it turns out, has plenty of both.
    • With clarity and verve, he drove home the timeless message of the Gita.
    • The group from Kolhapur in Maharashtra, to perform before Hyderabadis, was full of verve and vigour.
    • With verve and vigour, they hold on to their ideal of delivering the message of peace.
    Synonyms
    enthusiasm, vigour, energy, pep, dynamism, go, elan, vitality, vivacity, buoyancy, liveliness, animation, sprightliness, zest, sparkle, effervescence, fizz, spirit, spiritedness, ebullience, life, dash, brio, fervour, gusto, eagerness, keenness, passion, zeal, relish, feeling, ardour, fire, fieriness, drive, forcefulness, force, strength, determination, motivation, push, vehemence, fanaticism

Origin

Late 17th century (denoting special talent in writing): from French, ‘vigor’, earlier ‘form of expression’, from Latin verba ‘words’.

 
 
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