Festive

(a.) Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.

录入:罗宾逊

• A certain festive cheerfulness prevails. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We would have shone at a wake, but not at anything more festive. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Lead her from the festive boards, Point her to the starry skies, Guard her, by your truthful words, Pure from courtship's flatteries. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It was Adrian's wish to prevent all labour; to bestow a festive appearance on this funeral train. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It was a kind of festive occasion, and the parties were attired accordingly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The house during her stay assumes a festive, neat, warm, jovial, snug appearance not visible at other seasons. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His own, at the moment, lent it a festive readiness of welcome that might well, in a disenchanted eye, have turned to paint and facility. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You don't look festive, ma'am, what's the matter? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Mrs Boffin replied: '“The gay, the gay and festive scene, The halls, the halls of dazzling light. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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