| 单词 | entertaining |
| 释义 | entertaining (once / 557 pages) adj Things that are entertaining are enjoyable and distracting. Going to the circus is an entertaining way to spend an afternoon. Activities like playing games and watching movies can be entertaining, and you can also describe a friend who's particularly funny or fun to be with as entertaining. The adjective comes from the related verb, entertain, which meant "keep up, maintain, or keep someone in a certain frame of mind" in the fifteenth century. It comes from the Old French entretenir, "hold together." WORD FAMILYentertaining: entertainingly+/entertain: entertained, entertainer, entertaining, entertainment, entertains/entertainer: entertainers/entertainment: entertainments USAGE EXAMPLESThere's a fine line between "entertaining" and "troublemaker". BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It is described on its publisher's website as "an honest, uncensored and highly entertaining diary of the campaign that changed the course of history". Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) In the film Fisher also talks about her childhood efforts to keep her errant father inside the family home by entertaining him. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) adj agreeably diverting an entertaining puppet show films should be entertaining Syn interesting arousing or holding the attention |
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