jocular

Word family  noun joke joker jokiness jocularity adjective jokey jocular verb joke adverb jokingly jokily jocularly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++joc·u·lar /ˈdʒɒkjələ $ ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ adjective formal  JOKING/NOT SERIOUSjoking or humorous 开玩笑的；幽默的 → jolly He sounded in a jocular mood. 他听上去心情很好。 —jocularly adverb —jocularity /ˌdʒɒkjəˈlærəti $ ˌdʒɑː-/ noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

jocular• Moreover, once the cases were distributed to each member, the reactions were jocular.• To those ballads he added a substantial leavening of others that were complimentary, jocular, and satirical.• At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat.• His attention and trust gave her jocular ease with men and what acceptance she had of her own forceful character.• I was appalled to hear his jovial, jocular style.• a jocular toneOrigin jocular (1600-1700) Latin jocularis, from jocus; → JOKE1

joc·u·lar adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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jocular
joc‧u‧lar /ˈdʒɒkjələ, ˈdʒɒkjʊlə $ ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ adjective formaljoking or humorous ⇨ jolly:
    He sounded in a jocular mood.
—jocularly adverb
—jocularity /ˌdʒɒkjəˈlærəti, ˌdʒɒkjʊˈlærəti $ ˌdʒɑː-/ noun [uncountable]

jocu·larBrE /ˈdʒɒkjələ(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ 🔊 adjective (formal) humorous 幽默的；滑稽的；诙谐的◆a jocular comment诙谐的评论(of a person 人) enjoying making people laugh 爱开玩笑的；逗乐的；打趣的 SYN jolly  ➡  see also joke ▸ jocu·lar·ity BrE /ˌdʒɒkjəˈlærəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdʒɑːkjəˈlærəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ▸ jocu·lar·ly BrE /ˈdʒɒkjələli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒɑːkjələrli/ 🔊 adverb