英:[ˈwægɪʃ]
美:[ˈwæɡɪʃ]
英:[ˈwægɪʃ]
美:[ˈwæɡɪʃ]
adj.
<非正>(似)滑稽 (者)的
诙谐的
淘气的
爱恶作剧的
wag·gish
wae gihsh
waggishly (adv.), waggishness (n.)
词根:waggery
n.waggery 滑稽;笑话;开玩笑
adjective
characteristic of or resembling a wag.His roommate was a waggish person whom he usually found amusing, but not on this occasion when he'd found his shoelaces tied together.
characterized by waggery.His waggish quips made him a popular guest at dinner parties.Those two are always up to some waggish trick or other.
"愿意自娱自乐,也喜欢逗乐别人",来自1580年代的 wag(名词)+ -ish。相关词汇: Waggishly; waggishness。
The first known use of waggish was in 1589
wag1 of 3verb
to move or swing to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky movements wagged his finger as he scolded
the dog wagged its tail
wag2 of 3noun
a wagging movement
wag3 of 3noun
joker sense 1, wit
wagonnoun
a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting goods or passengersespecially: one drawn by animals
patrol wagon
a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body for the play or use of a child
station wagon
wagonnoun
a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting goods or passengersespecially: one drawn by animals
patrol wagon
a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body for the play or use of a child
station wagon
waggleverb
wag entry 1
waggleverb
wag entry 1
waggleverb
wag entry 1
waggishadjective
displaying or done in a spirit of good-humored mischief
waggish pranks
1 At home in London, a few weeks ago, Grant learned that he’d earned his first Oscar nomination, for playing a waggish con man in Marielle Heller’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me.”
2 Foreman’s own work was waggish, so the Off Off Broadway Wooster production is frequently tongue-in-cheek.
3 “It was lust at first sight,” said the waggish Mr. Mann, 64, who plays the nefarious man in the yellow suit in the musical adaptation of the children’s book “Tuck Everlasting.”
4 They are witty and waggish and wildly amusing.
5 It’s not exactly news that Trump’s sense of humor — I’m going to work from the hypothesis that all of this was meant in a waggish spirit — is belligerent, tone-deaf and thoroughly self-centered.
6 Below it, a handwritten sign read “Thanks Trmp,” with a waggish umlaut over the “u.”
7 Superheated rhetoric and outlandish claims abound in the country’s current political climate, and much of the initial reporting on the attack was also waggish and cynical.
8 Here, McBryde is memorializing a lost friend, singing waggish lyrics in gracious tones.
9 A waggish curate overheard the schoolmaster giving lessons in grammar.
10 It didn’t exactly mean there were cats in the 140-year-old dog show, but it came close enough to prompt some “what?!” and waggish alarm about a breakdown in the animal social order.
11 She was excessively annoyed; and to propitiate her, the waggish companions sent her a handsome cotton dress.
12 An adulthood spent “focusing on my wealth rather than my health” had left him with a body mass that, according to one waggish friend, “went up and down like a bride’s nightie.”
13 Her best friend, Dovey, a faithful sender of waggish texts, brings out her caustic best.
14 She does well with waggish material, like the delightful writing-workshop comedy “Seminar,” but her attempts at realism don’t feel real.
15 Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer.
麝鼠城堡作为房屋的名称,是由某些诙谐的官员起的滑稽名称.
16 The three children of Leonard Bernstein uphold their father’s legacy with waggish exuberance.
17 Verlaine, in his waggish mood, persisted in spelling as "Cymbalists" the Symbolists, his own followers.
18 No one had ever seen him so waggish, or so happy.
19 The nightly gathering is a perfect extension of Mr. Cumming’s role as the pansexual M.C. in “Cabaret,” itself a reflection of his waggish persona: the elfin party animal with a diamond edge.
20 Photos from the trial showed him seated and handcuffed, sporting a brown T-shirt, waggish smile and bristly hair that called to mind one of the bears that he once locked up.
1 滑稽
funny-ha-ha funny comic pleasant ridiculous hilarious merry humorous comedic ludicrous comical burlesque harlequin ragtime farcical facetious jokey risible clownish antic jesting buffo jocose Gilbertian farcial facete joc. funnily funniosity funniment farce drollery waggery jocosity laughing zany droll quizzical jocular humouristic anticly hilariously humorously jocularly farcically waggishly humor pleasantry jocularity funniness facetiousness comicality farcicality good humour
4 诙谐
salty humorous witty facetious jocular antic jocose Gilbertian joc. wittily facetiae comic joke humor pleasantry drollery badinage wittiness jesting waggery jocosity in jest jokey farce jocularity facetiousness jocoseness waggishly comical quizzical sport wit playful buffo humour bantering comedy
5 玩笑
sportive facetious jesting espiéglerie game fun sport prank lark jest playfulness josh put-on waggery for fun in jest in fun scherzando play pleasantry
8 恶作剧的
hempy wicked mischievous impish prankish knavish elfish arch sly elvish roguish puckish elfin trickish tricksy
10 谐谑
12 诙谐的
salty humorous witty facetious jocular antic jocose Gilbertian joc. jokey funny comical quizzical playful buffo bantering
14 恶作剧
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16 滑稽的
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19 好恶作剧的
20 开玩笑
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22 谐谑的
23 玩笑的
24 幽默的