droll

FREQ #34749

a. 好笑的, 滑稽的, 逗趣的

发音

UK /dɹəʊl/
其它 /dɹɒl/
US /dɹoʊl/
CA /dɹoːɫ/

词形变化

drolls 复数 drolled drolling drolls 三单 drolls drolling 现在分词 drolled 过去式 drolled 过去分词 droller 比较级 droller drollest drollest 最高级

别名

drole

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.

    古体
  2. 1.

    The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.

v.
  1. 1.

    To jest, to joke.

    古体 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

    离奇可笑的; 滑稽古怪的

    Very droll, minister.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 2

humorous humourous

词源

From French drôle (“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle (“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Doublet of drôle and troll.

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