jocular

英 [ˈdʒɒkjələ(r)]

美 [ˈdʒɑːkjələr]

adj.  幽默的; 滑稽的; 诙谐的; 爱开玩笑的; 逗乐的; 打趣的

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BNC.23970 / COCA.30973

牛津词典

adj.

• 幽默的；滑稽的；诙谐的
  humorous
  1. a jocular comment
     诙谐的评论
• 爱开玩笑的；逗乐的；打趣的
  enjoying making people laugh

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 开朗的；爱开玩笑的；幽默的；诙谐的
  If you say that someone has ajocularmanner, you mean that they are cheerful and often make jokes or try to make people laugh.
  1. He was in a less jocular mood than usual...
     他不像往常一样那么爱开玩笑。
  2. The song was written in a light-hearted jocular way.
     这首歌的风格轻松愉快、诙谐风趣。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by jokes and good humor
  Synonym:jestingjocosejoking

adv

• with humor
  1. they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly
  Synonym:jocosely

双语例句

• It was apparently of a jocular nature, for he felt impelled to slap his leg and cram his fist into his mouth.
  很明显地，出于一种滑稽的天性，他感觉被某种力量驱使着，去拍打自己的大腿，把拳头塞进嘴里。
• Za fu of "surrounding tribes and ware" are written in a jocular and mocking note, and they are works in a chanting style about the national struggles, national fusions and national cultures.
  杂四夷及兵赋包括用诙谐嘲谑的笔触所写的反映民族斗争、民族融合、民族文化的韵诵体作品。
• Humor is an extremely common phenomenon in communication, which takes the jocular language as the carrier to create humorous effects through the interaction with the context.
  幽默是交际行为中一种极其普遍的语言现象，它以令人发笑的语言为载体，通过语境的相互作用而形成了幽默效果。
• Again, the extraordinary linguistic hybrid: the "comfort levels" cheek by jowl with the jocular yet baffling reference to hair.
  这个非凡的语言混血儿再次大显身手：把“舒服程度”与诙谐逗趣却莫名其妙的头发放在一起说。
• She said she had called him an idiot in a jocular fashion and had not meant to offend him.
  她说她以打趣的方式叫他白痴，并不想冒犯他。
• His brilliant speech, jocular talk and profound knowledge won our enthusiastic applause.
  他精彩的演讲，诙谐的语言，渊博的知识，赢得了同学们阵阵热烈的掌声。
• Watching him on cell phone conversations, how he will pretend that it is one type of conversation with a big smile, while his eyes remain completely focused and serious, meanwhile the tone of his voice being jocular.
  留意一下他讲手机的时候（与韩琛），他是如何用笑容来伪装谈话性质的，他的目光全神贯注，与此同时他的口气却很轻松。
• "but you're very beautiful yourself," he added with a politeness by no means crudely jocular.
  “但是你自己也非常美啊，”他的口气文雅有礼，毫不包含粗鲁调笑的意味。
• As we sat waiting for carol, he made a jocular comment about her always arriving half an hour late.
  我们坐着等卡罗尔时，他打趣地说她总是晚到半小时。
• He was in a less jocular mood than usual
  他不像往常一样那么爱开玩笑。