amused的意思|amused的解释-里氏词典

amused [ə'mjuzd]

a. 愉快的, 被逗乐的

She has an amused twinkle in her eye(s).
她高兴得双目熠熠发亮.
His amusing performance caused a roar of laughter in the audience.
他那有趣的表演引起了观众的哄堂大笑。
We were greatly amused.
我们很快乐.

amused

[ adj ]
pleasantly occupied
<adj.all>
We are not amused

Amuse \A*muse"\ ([.a]*m[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amused}
([.a]*m[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Amusing}.] [F. amuser to
make stay, to detain, to amuse, [`a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See
{Muse}, v.]
1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep
thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.]

Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in
receiving their gold. --Holland.

Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could
not find the house. --Fuller.

2. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with
pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.

A group of children amusing themselves with pushing
stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as
they plunged into the lake. --Gilpin.

3. To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

He amused his followers with idle promises.
--Johnson.

Syn: To entertain; gratify; please; divert; beguile; deceive;
occupy.

Usage: To {Amuse}, {Divert}, {Entertain}. We are amused by
that which occupies us lightly and pleasantly. We are
entertained by that which brings our minds into
agreeable contact with others, as conversation, or a
book. We are diverted by that which turns off our
thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially
of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a
laughable incident.

Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the
faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever
entertains usually awakens the understanding or
gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively
in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its
effects. --Crabb.

Amused \A*mused"\, a.
1. Diverted.

2. Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.

How could anyone not be amused by this tongue-in-cheek nostalgia for that long-ago time when executives deliberately shattered family relationships for the sake of their careers.
At national headquarters, a spokesman and general counsel decline comment on specific issues in the case, but they are clearly not amused by the news out of Kentucky.
The young woman isn't amused.
Mr. Dingell was not amused.
A television station was playing comics and robbers in this English village Wednesday, but the police were not amused.
Predictably, some motorists were not amused, laying on their horns as crosstown traffic came to a stop.
Foreigners, like Americans, are titillated and amused by revelations in former White House official Don Regan's book, but some experts say the out-of-school memoir is more than a laughing matter for the United States abroad.
I'm amused and annoyed," Gerasimov said.
Shopping trolleys will have video information about goods on offer and where they are to be found, as well as games to keep children amused. Advice on anything from building a conservatory to clothing will be available from in-store computers.
But he has kept the crooked grin and rough-spun sense of humor that amused Detroit baseball fans. Even his love life has been aired on his show.
The Oregon Ducks and their fans were not amused by the show.
Local authorities, however, were not amused.
Wearing a hat that resembled a large chunk of cheese, Wisconsin delegate Tom Harnisch drew double-takes from amused pedestrians on Atlanta's downtown streets Wednesday.
"I can't say I was amused," Morrell said, "because I was distressed by the interpretation of the character.
Mr. DeCaro has many cynics intrigued, if not amused.
United Airlines, for example, has already made it clear that it isn't amused.
But UK billiard-cue tip makers would be less amused if their product was excluded from France as a fire hazard. A further problem is that in certain key areas the national governments are divided about the limits of Community action.
Four of those citizens weren't amused, either: two recently sued the city and two others sued the park's operator in California Superior Court for $1 million in total damages.
Joke or not, not everyone's amused.
They have even dreamed up some alternatives: Chas. & Mo Inc. or Titanic Enterprises Inc. The Saatchi brothers aren't amused.
Two Transit Authority cops amused the crowd outside the New York Stock Exchange by harmonizing on "Shultz and Shevardnadze," to the tune of "Some Enchanted Evening," while waiting for the motorcade to roll by the cathedral of capitalism.
"You'll all be amused to learn that the memos you get from your bosses are probably going to end up as toilet paper," Kirsten Svare, spokeswoman for the Department of Streets and Sanitation, said at training sessions for City Hall employees.
Together, they designed and tested the prototype and convinced amused officials at Kaufman Footwear in Kitchener, Ontario, to manufacture it.
He would back out of uncomfortable situations by insisting, "Include me out!" While the filmmaker once groaned to his analyst, "I hate my mouth," Berg insisted that even Goldwyn was amused by his malapropisms.
A small bedside light indicates that a fax has arrived. Rival Hong Kong hoteliers are amused by the grandiosity of some of the Peninsula's new features.
Bob Reid, who has crammed 151 tourist pins onto his crowded conductor's cap, keeps travelers amused in his role as ticket-checker, guide and glad-hander.
When I look for models of strong, wise, self-reliant and resourceful women, I look to women like my grandmother and great-grandmother, who would have been startled and amused by the histrionics and self-pity of most contemporary gender feminists.
While those talks are kept secret, a Buckingham Palace spokesman says the Queen took a hurriedly published book about the circles to her summer palace in Scotland this month; as Britain's biggest landowner, she has every reason not to be amused.
But at least one person isn't amused.
The audience is simultaneously moved by the Johanna theme and horrified and amused by the murders.

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