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

• The style was maddeningly jaunty.
  语言风格惊人地自信。
• The happy boy walked with jaunty steps.
  这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着。
• Ma writes about the darker side of Chinese adoption, her social commentary less jaunty and sentimental than Dickens, more like Dreiser in its harsh realism.
  马描述了收养中国儿童的黑暗面，她的社会批评不像狄更斯的那么充满活力和感情，更像德莱塞（Dreiser）无情的现实主义。
• 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。
• 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。
• He wears his officer's cap at an angle, jaunty, and picks his teeth with a sharpened goose quill.
  他潇洒地微微歪戴着他那顶军帽子，用一支削尖了的鹅毛管剔着牙齿。
• The hand played a jaunty twostep.
  乐队奏着欢快的双步舞曲。
• He spoke suddenly in a jaunty tone.
  他突然以轻松的口气说话。
• His hat cocked at a jaunty angle.
  他的帽子做作地歪戴着。
• 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。