Word · Frequency #8699
jolly
/ˈdʒɒli/
verb
逗乐；使开心
to make someone laugh or feel happy; to amuse or entertain
- 1.
To amuse or divert.
使快乐；使消遣
使快乐；使消遣；恭维；使高兴；取笑；开玩笑
In use
He jollied his little sister with a funny story.
They kept jollying him about his new haircut.
She always jollies her friends when they feel down.
Verb forms
base jolly · third person jollies · -ing jollying · past jollied · past participle jollied
jolly作为动词表示‘开玩笑、哄’时，是规则变化（y变ied）。
Connections
Collocations
- jolly someone along
- 哄某人高兴
- She jollied the children along with stories.她讲故事哄孩子们开心。
- jolly someone into doing something
- 哄某人做某事
- They jollied me into joining the committee.他们哄我加入了委员会。
- jolly something up
- 使某事热闹起来
- We need to jolly up the party with some music.我们需要用音乐让派对热闹起来。
Idioms & figurative uses
- jolly along
- 哄骗，使高兴He jollied her along until she agreed to go.他一直哄着她，直到她同意去。
- jolly up
- 使愉快，装饰We jollied up the room with balloons and streamers.我们用气球和彩带装饰了房间，使它愉快起来。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
动词jolly意为“使高兴”，联想其形容词“快乐的”（jolly），动词就是“使其快乐”。例如：He jollied her into agreeing.（他哄她同意。）
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：哄骗别人时、开玩笑时 作为动词使用时，通常出现在非正式口语中，多用于哄某人开心或开玩笑的场合。
Grammar Note
动词形式: jollies, jollying, jollied
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words rhyming with 'jolly' (ending /ɒli/): holly, dolly, folly, poly, collie, Molly. Note: 'jelly' looks similar but rhymes with 'smelly' (ending /eli/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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