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

• 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。
• 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。
• 'Whoa, I'm goin' to Barbay-dos! 'ran the jaunty lyrics of a 1970s hit song.
  “喔，我要去巴巴多斯！”一首20世纪70年代流行歌曲这样欢快地唱道。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat, always a little too small for him, in a dapper, jaunty manner.
  他一向干净、利落，现在他还是穿着那件整整齐齐的黑外套，一顶略小一些的圆顶硬礼帽非常洒脱地顶在头上。
• The style was maddeningly jaunty.
  语言风格惊人地自信。
• 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。
• The happy children walked with jaunty steps.
  快乐的孩子们跳跳蹦蹦地走着。
• 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。