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 cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.
  她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子。
• 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。
• The happy boy walked with jaunty steps.
  这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 happy children walked with jaunty steps.
  快乐的孩子们跳跳蹦蹦地走着。
• 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。
• 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。