| 词汇 | amuse |
| 释义 | amuse verb[ I or T ] uk /əˈmjuːz/ us /əˈmjuːz/ B2 to entertain someone, especially by humorous speech or action or by making them laugh or smile: （尤指通过幽默的言行）逗乐，逗笑;给…提供消遣（或娱乐） I've brought an article from yesterday's paper that I thought might amuse you.我带来了昨天报上的一篇文章，或许可以让你开怀一笑。 [ + obj + to infinitive ]I think it amuses him to see people make fools of themselves.我想他看到这些人装疯卖傻的样子肯定会觉得好玩。 Apparently these stories are meant to amuse.显然这些故事的目的就在于搞笑。 B2 to keep someone happy, especially for a short time: （尤指短暂地）使开心 We amused ourselves by watching the passers-by.我们看着来往的行人自娱自乐。 Shall I put on a film to amuse the kids? Joan was not amused by the joke her brother told. His attempts to appear sophisticated amused everyone. Could you think of a few games to amuse the children on the journey? I wonder what's amusing the boys so much - is it Granny's hat? A baby crawled to the front of the church during the sermon, which amused the congregation. Celebrating & entertaining a good time was had by allidiom amused bacchanalian banqueting bar-hop barhopping entertain entertaining ents go to townidiom hoot hostess propose push regale someone with something rejoice rejoicing rejoicingly revel throw You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Inspiring feelings in others amuse | American Dictionaryamuse verb[ T ] us/əˈmjuz/ amuseverb[T] (ENTERTAIN)to keep the attention of someone by entertaining that person: It’s a relief when your child can amuse herself for a whole hour. amuseverb[T] (MAKE LAUGH)to make someone smile or laugh: His subtle humor amused me. Her ability to hack into computer systems did not amuse her superiors. amusingadjectiveus/əˈmju·zɪŋ/ One amusing story after another kept the audience laughing. Examples of amuseamuse Like the makers of crop circles, they may have been simply amusing themselves by exploiting the gullibility of people. Such obsessive-compulsive ordering would seem little more than amusing but for two beguiling details. Juxtaposition of inconsistent views from officials of the same organization can be revealing and amusing. His blacklist of charming and amusing sciences included not only metaphysics, literature, philology, and alchemy but also the higher forms of astronomy and mathematics. Without the independent spirit, technology merely reproduces things that are amusing, and saddening, reflections of the thinking and souls of their users. Opinions that seemed, well, odd- or, at least, different from his own-were never subjected to scorn, only to amused and constructive criticism. Increased political awareness is a by-product of their desire to be amused. He uses apt literary quotes and amusing anecdotes to engage the reader. Slanguage is another transparent example, though again not particularly amusing. The ramifications of this are amusing but before discussing them it is worth pointing out the connexions between equation (7) and other flow situations. Behind its somewhat daunting title (and more daunting price!) lie ideas that demand careful reading; but they are enlivened by amusing examples and exhilarating possibilities. They took it humorously, admiring the way diat we conversed in a totally different language, feeling obviously amused and proud at the same time. Most control and error detection in the radiotherapy treatment amusing are the comments about how calm and process. On one level, shows were put on for the purpose of amusing children : thus, the children had to be entertained. His nurse, who was with us, seemed amused but not at all astonished by this performance. See all examples of amuse These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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