jaunty

英 [ˈdʒɔːnti]

美 [ˈdʒɔːnti]

adj.  得意扬扬的; 无忧无虑的; 神气活现的; 轻松活泼的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20926 / COCA.18576

牛津词典

adj.

• 得意扬扬的；无忧无虑的；神气活现的
  showing that you are feeling confident and pleased with yourself
  1. a jaunty smile
     得意扬扬的微笑
• 轻松活泼的
  lively
  1. a jaunty tune
     轻松活泼的曲子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 信心十足的；精力充沛的
  If you describe someone or something asjaunty, you mean that they are full of confidence and energy.
  1. ...a jaunty little man...
     得意洋洋的小个子男人
  2. Tremain's novel is altogether jauntier, more various and energetic than these quotations imply.
     与这些引文给人的印象相比，特里曼的小说总的来说更加充满自信、富于变化，也更有活力。

双语例句

• She adjusted her hat to a more jaunty angle.
  她把帽子的角度调整了一下，显得更活泼了。
• He always looked jaunty and yet reserved, good-natured, and yet capable and self-sufficient.
  他老是精神抖擞而又老成持重，心地善良而又干练、自负。
• Perhaps I shall even use it to tap a jaunty tune on Cyrus` s tombstone. He could not decide whether to knock and go in or wait a while until she was ready.
  也许我应该用它在塞勒斯的墓碑上敲击出一段动人的旋律来。他决不定是应该敲门进去呢，还是等过一会儿让女儿自己出来。
• When he came back his hat was at a jaunty angle and he was smiling.
  他回来叫，喜洋洋地盆戴着帽子，脸上带着微笑。
• Some people consider their journey like a jaunty tour.
  有些人把他们的人生看作是一次无忧无虑的旅程，他们一路上都会快乐前行。
• Carrie had thought of going for a walk, and had put on a light grey woollen dress with a jaunty double-breasted jacket.
  她已穿上淡灰羊毛女装，外罩一件时髦的双排扣上装。
• At the restaurant they sat together, presenting a study in contrasts: Wang, unfailingly thoughtful, and Yu, as jaunty as ever.
  在饭店里他们俩坐在一块，产生了鲜明的对比：汪不倦地若有所思，而余则是一贯的愉悦。
• The happy boy walked with jaunty steps.
  这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着。
• The TV adaptation has nothing of the jaunty freshness of the original play.
  改编成的电视片失去了原剧本那种盎然生机。
• His full mustache curled upward in a jaunty, arrogant way.
  他的全部小胡子往上翘着，显出一副扬扬得意的傲慢态度。