frolic「嬉戏；嬉闹」

Word of the Day：August 1, 2022

frolic

嬉戏；嬉闹

verb /FRAH-lik/ [ˈfrɑlɪk]

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来自E语Tong

What It Means

Frolic means “to play and run about happily.”

Frolic 意思是“快乐地玩耍、奔跑”。

FROLIC in Context

“In front of her, kids frolicked on the playground and grassy field, dusting themselves off after tumbles and shrieking with joy.” — Kate Selig, The Mercury News (San Jose, California), 21 June 2021

“在她面前，孩子们在操场和草地上嬉戏，摔倒后拍掉身上的灰尘，继续高兴地嬉闹起来。”

One of the highlights of spring on the farm is watching newborn lambs frolic in the meadow.

农场里新生的羔羊在草地上嬉戏是春天里的一大特色。

Did You Know?

Frolic is a word rooted in pleasure. Its most common function today is as a verb meaning “to play and run about happily,” as in “children frolicking in the waves,” but it joined the language in the 16th century as an adjective carrying the meaning of its Dutch source vroolijk: “full of fun; merry.” Shakespeare’s Puck used it this way in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, saying “And we fairies … following darkness like a dream, now are frolic.” Verb use quickly followed, and by the early 17th century the word was also being used as a noun, as in “an evening of fun and frolic.”

Frolic 源于 pleasure 。 它今天最常用于动词，指“快乐地玩耍与奔跑”，就像“孩子们在海浪中嬉戏”一样，但它在 16 世纪用作形容词进入英语，同荷兰的词源 vroolijk 的含义： “full of fun「充满乐趣」; merry「快活」。” Shakespeare’s Puck在 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 里是这样说的 “And we fairies … following darkness like a dream, now are frolic.” 动词开始被快速传播，到了 17 世纪初，这个词也被用作名词，形容“ an evening of fun and frolic「一个有趣和热闹的夜晚」”。

Name That Synonym

What 4-letter word beginning with 'p' is synonymous with the noun frolic and can also refer to a clever trick to get someone to do something?

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