| 单词 | gambol |
| 释义 | gambol (once / 3321 pages) vn To gambol is to run around playing excitedly. Although the word sounds like "gamble," when you gambol you never lose — you just have a great time! If you've ever sprinted around, jumping up and down, yelling "woo-hoo!," you already know how to gambol. Being really excited or even just slap-happy makes people gambol, and it's so energizing that animals do it too. Dogs gambol when they rise on two legs to greet each other, and squirrels gambol when they chase each other up and down trees. And when springtime comes after a long winter, it seems to make every living thing gambol with extra life. WORD FAMILYgambol: gamboled, gamboling, gambolled, gambolling, gambols USAGE EXAMPLESAdd big helpings of good humor and camaraderie, a spoonful of smutty innuendo and a sprinkling of cutaway shots of lambs gamboling in a field. Time(Oct 27, 2016) Duncan Watmore came on to provide his slightly raw gambolling menace down the right. The Guardian(Sep 18, 2016) Out on the grounds, the colorful Lieu Quan Lion Dance Team gamboled down the walkway by the fountain, gongs clanging, playfully harassing bystanders. Seattle Times(Sep 02, 2016) 1v play boisterously the gamboling lambs in the meadows Syn|Hyper cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport play be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children 2n gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement Syn|Hypo|Hyper caper, frolic, play, romp coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfooleryfoolish or senseless behavior gamefrivolous or trifling behavior horseplayrowdy or boisterous play teasingplayful vexation word playplaying on words or speech sounds meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss(Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prankacting like a clown or buffoon diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates |
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