amuse

[ə'mju:z]

v.娱乐,消遣, 使 ... 发笑

vt.

1. 使欢乐, 逗……高兴; 使发笑; [H][(+at/by/with)]

A clown's job is to amuse the spectators.

小丑的工作就是娱乐观众。

2. 给……提供娱乐, 消遣

It was too rainy to play outside, so she amused herself with a book.

雨大, 不适合在外面玩, 所以她看书消遣。

He amused himself by playing the flute.

他吹笛自娱。

词形变化

形容词: amusable | 名词: amuser | 动词过去式: amused | 动词过去分词: amused | 动词现在分词: amusing | 动词第三人称单数: amuses |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使欢乐; 娱乐

divert  entertain  delight  titillate  tickle

vt.使欢乐

entertain  delight  interest  cheer  divert  

同义参见:

please  occupy  beguile  

反义:

vt.给……娱乐(或消遣); 逗……乐

bore  annoy  tire  disturb  

反义参见:

bore  

英英释义

动词 amuse:

occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

同义词：divert, disport

make (somebody) laugh

补充

amuseamuse英:[əˈmju:z] 美:[əˈmjuz]vt.1.使人发笑, 逗乐His jokes amused the crying child.他的笑话逗笑了那个正在哭闹的孩子。2.使消遣, 娱乐How do you amuse yourself in rainy weather?你在雨天怎样消遣?

例句

1. The idea obviously amused him.这个想法显然把他逗乐了。 2. I thought this cartoon from yesterday's paper might amuse you.我觉得昨天报纸上这幅漫画也许会使你发笑。 3. Put a selection of baby toys in his cot to amuse him if he wakes early.如果他醒得早, 就选一些玩具放在婴儿床里让他自己玩。 4. We amused ourselves with word games and the like.我们通过玩猜词游戏等活动来消遣。 5. A band of hooligans amused themselves by tearing the place apart.一伙流氓在这个地方翻箱倒柜, 以此来取乐。 6. The boys amused themselves with games.男孩们以游戏自娱。 7. to amuse the guests with witty conversation以风趣的谈话给宾客提供消遣 8. to amuse the audience with a steady stream of jokes用连珠炮似的一连串笑话逗乐观众 9. to amuse the children with stories讲故事逗孩子们开心 10. [as adj. amused]people looked on with amused curiosity.人们在一旁观看，感到有趣又好奇。 11. they amused themselves digging through an old encyclopedia.他们通过钻研一本旧百科全书来自娱。 12. [as adj. amused]elegant shops that will keep any browser amused for hours.让所有浏览者连续几小时都感到有趣的精美商店。 13. Everybody laughed but I couldn't understand what had amused them.人人都笑起来，但我不知道哪里好笑。 14. I did some crosswords to amuse myself on the journey.旅途中我玩纵横字谜来解闷。 15. I've brought a few toys to amuse the children.我带来一些玩具给孩子们玩。 16. His silly jokes amused the audience. = The audience was amused by his silly jokes. [=the audience found his silly jokes funny/entertaining/amusing]他愚蠢的笑话把观众逗乐了。 17. It amuses me to think of how he looked when I last saw him.回想起上次看到他时的模样，我就觉得好笑。 18. That joke doesn't amuse me. [=I don't think that joke is funny]我觉得那个笑话不好笑。 19. The loss did not amuse the coach. [=the coach was not happy about the loss]这次失利让教练很不高兴。 20. a funny story that never fails to amuse总能把人逗乐的有趣故事 21. "We need to find something to amuse [=entertain, occupy] the children. = We need to find something to keep the children amused. [=we need to find something for the children to do so that they aren't bored]"我们得找点什么让孩子们娱乐一下。 22. He amused himself with a game of solitaire.他玩单人纸牌游戏来自娱自乐。 23. A faintly amused grin appeared on her face.她的脸上露出一丝愉悦的微笑。 24. She looked slightly/very amused by/at his appearance.她看起来有点/着实被他的样子逗乐了。 25. I was amused to learn the whole story.我饶有兴致地听完了整个故事。 26. The coach was not amused [=was not pleased/happy] after the loss.失利后，教练很不高兴。