| 单词 | rollicking |
| 释义 | rollicking (once / 4375 pages) adj Something that's rollicking is really fun and playful. When you throw a party, you hope your friends will describe it as rollicking. Parties with live music and great food are usually rollicking, and a wonderful game of charades with your family can also be rollicking. You might even describe a funny movie or a song you can dance to this way. The root of rollicking is a nineteenth century verb that we don't use much these days, rollick, "to behave exuberantly." It, in turn, is most likely a combination of frolic and roll. WORD FAMILYrollicking: rollickingly+/rollick: rollicked, rollicking, rollicks USAGE EXAMPLESThis is a “Nutcracker” so woven with story threads and rollicking details that the spectator sees new aspects with every viewing. Los Angeles Times(Dec 10, 2016) U.K. glam’s camp hearkened to the rollicking, tongue-in-cheek excesses of English music hall and panto dames, rather than the brittle irony of the Warhol Factory. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) As a rollicking game drew to a close Sunday night, Coach Gary Kubiak and the Denver Broncos had a decision to make. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) adj given to merry frolicking Syn coltish, frolicky, frolicsome, sportive playful full of fun and high spirits |
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