frolic

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɹɒlɪk/    美 /ˈfɹɑlɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gaiety; merriment.
    — the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
  2. A playful antic.
    — He would be at his frolic once again.
  3. A social gathering. US,obsolete
    — He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or “quilting frolic,” to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel’s
动词 v.
  1. To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. intransitive
    — We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.
  2. To cause to be merry. archaic,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief. archaic
    — The frolick wind that breathes the Spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying There on Beds of Violets blew,
  2. Free; liberal; bountiful; generous. obsolete,rare

词形变化

more frolic comparative most frolic superlative frolick alternative frolics present,singular,third-person frolicking participle,present frolicked participle,past frolicked past frolick alternative frolics plural frolick alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
rollick frolicful frolicker frolicky frolicly frolicness frolic of his own frolic pad frolicsome milling frolic turtle frolic
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词源

词源 1
From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
词源 2
From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
词源 3
From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
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