英语词汇“jolly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adjective | verb

jollyjolly1 /ˈdʒɑli/ adjective (comparative jollier, superlative jolliest)

ETYMOLOGYjolly¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French joli happy, pretty

1happy and cheerful: a jolly Santa Claus2old-fashioned very pleasant and enjoyable

adjective | verb

jollyjolly2 verb (jollied, jollying) [transitive] informal

VERB TABLE

jolly

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	jolly
	he, she, it	jollies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	jollied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have jollied
	he, she, it	has jollied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had jollied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will jolly
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have jollied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am jollying
	he, she, it	is jollying
	you, we, they	are jollying
Past	I, he, she, it	was jollying
	you, we, they	were jollying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been jollying
	he, she, it	has been jollying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been jollying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be jollying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been jollying

jolly somebody along phrasal verb to persuade and encourage someone to do something that you want by being nice to him or herjolly somebody into something phrasal verb to gently persuade someone to do something