rollicking

Word family

rol·lick·ing1 /ˈrɒlɪkɪŋ $ ˈrɑː-/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] old-fashioned

ENTHUSIASTICnoisy and cheerful 喧闹的，欢闹的

a rollicking song

欢乐喧闹的歌

Examples from the Corpus

rollicking• They played it as a duet, perfectly teamed, at the fast pace the piece demanded, rollicking and dramatic.• His Hal would be no rollicking dropout.• This is all good rollicking fun, though never quite clean.• It is a rollicking mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration and post-Restoration heroic drama with all its bombast and extravagance.• The Kirk's answer to the rollicking rabbis was of course Revd James Currie.• The stained-glass knights and their ladies looked down their noses at us rollicking serfs.• Everyone was in a circle now, dancing to a rollicking tune played by the small band, and changing partners.

rollicking2 noun

give somebody a rollicking British EnglishBrE informalTELL somebody OFF to criticize someone angrily for something they have done 把某人训斥一顿

Origin rollicking

(1800-1900) rollick “to have noisy fun” ((19-20 centuries)), perhaps from romp + frolic

rol·lick·ing1 adjectiveadjrollicking2 noun

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