单词 | frolicsome |
释义 | frolicsome (once / 8090 pages) adj Frolicsome is having a merry time of it. Picture frolicsome girls and boys playing tag, running through the meadow, laughing and rolling in the grass. Feeling gleeful and energetic as you ice skate with your friends? So spin like an Olympic skater who's going for the gold, suddenly start a race, or act like a clown, pretending to fall on the ice. You are feeling frolicsome — happy and lighthearted, laughing along with the people you are amusing. When you are frolicsome, you frolic, or act playfully to have fun. WORD FAMILYfrolicsome: frolicsomely, frolicsomeness+/frolic: frolicing, frolicked, frolicking, frolics, frolicsome USAGE EXAMPLESFortunately, this graceful production captures more than enough of this challengingly frolicsome yet ultimately piercing play to win us over. Los Angeles Times(Aug 22, 2016) At its most literal level, “Knight of Cups” is an encyclopedia of its protagonist’s love affairs, casual and serious, painful and frolicsome, blonde and brunette. New York Times(Mar 03, 2016) These minimalist, dancelike moves infuse the piece with an odd, frolicsome energy that keeps it from growing too static. New York Times(Jan 12, 2016) adj given to merry frolicking frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes Syn coltish, frolicky, rollicking, sportive playful full of fun and high spirits |
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