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 amusement [ə'mjuzmənt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 兴味, 娱乐, 消遣

[法] 娱乐, 娱乐活动


  1. I find amusement in collecting stamps.
    我发现了集邮的乐趣。
  2. The hotel offers its guests a wide variety of amusements.
    这个旅馆为住客提供了各种各样的娱乐活动。
  3. She watched their fumbling efforts with wry amusement.
    她看著他们手忙脚乱地瞎使劲, 不觉莞尔.


amusement
[ noun ]
  1. a feeling of delight at being entertained

  2. <noun.feeling>
  3. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

  4. <noun.act>


Amusement \A*muse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. amusement.]
1. Deep thought; muse. [Obs.]

Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement,
revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the
amazing change of our affairs. --Fleetwood.

2. The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that
which amuses; diversion.

His favorite amusements were architecture and
gardening. --Macaulay.

Syn: Diversion; entertainment; recreation; relaxation;
pastime; sport.

  1. A doctor friend of mine told me, with some amusement, that the god-man of 1980 was treated a few months later by a colleague - for tuberculosis. The priests begin preparing for the festival on the second day of the year (according to the old calendar).
  2. FOR A man brought up in the freeway-riven urban sprawl of Los Angeles, the view from David Winston's office still gives him some amusement.
  3. He progressed through the Museum, with archaeology and the Vikings his specialities, and he has strenuously opposed admission charges and the pressure to make museums amusement parks and profit centres.
  4. During his permitted five-minute break, the only venue he could find was a toilet in a nearby amusement arcade.
  5. Entertainer Pat Boone, in Atlanta for an appearance at an amusement park, stopped by. "I don't need to see the film," he told demonstrators.
  6. Students from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan participated in the Cedar Point amusement park's fourth annual Physics Day.
  7. "He used to take us to an amusement park in Oakland," she recalls. "We went to San Francisco with him when we were older, taking the train, the ferry boat and the cable cars.
  8. Two star-crossed lovers who rewrote the plays of Shakespeare for amusement committed real-life murder most foul.
  9. Asked about the safety of Boomerang, which also has padded shoulder harnesses, Knott's spokesman Stuart Zanville said structural experts employed by the amusement parks examine thrill rides daily.
  10. For the rich, anyway, fashion is an amusement, and the more drastically it changes the more amusing it is.
  11. "I think he is fed up with the amusement and entertainment business," Mr. Edgell said in a telephone interview.
  12. A Bally spokesman said the company hasn't talked with Marriott about selling its amusement parks and tennis and health clubs.
  13. Perspective Larson Co. has long been considered a leader in creating "naturalistic environments" for zoos, aquariums, shopping centers, amusement parks and resort hotels.
  14. Six films were shown at eight screenings a day at three different sites in PKOJF, Prague's largest amusement park.
  15. A ghost town high above the city disappeared Saturday when Fentier Village, an amusement park billed as "where the Old West comes east," was disassembled and auctioned off.
  16. Actors Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and singer Paul Simon grinned at each other in amusement as the same pack of journalists fell onto the table in front of them.
  17. The crash blocked the front door and sent flames and smoke through the bus, which was returning from a church outing at an amusement park.
  18. Entitled 'Scenic America', its portrays the North American Indian reduced to the indignity of curiosity as he dances for the amusement of the white man.
  19. Over the years, several other rival amusement parks opened.
  20. The Pepsi Ripsaw roller-coaster might not be among the world's most terrifying amusement park attractions.
  21. To the amusement of some, this staid firm with investments from major studios also owns a large stake in those scourges of studio stars, the National Enquirer and the Star.
  22. From this perspective, I have followed the Quayle controversy with feelings that range from amusement to incredulity.
  23. The item, "Cool Cuffs," is a version of a colored wrist band used in hospitals, amusement parks and summer playgrounds.
  24. Its size and variety make a Disney a "destination park" in the lingo of the amusement business.
  25. A train of six cars on the ride at Worlds of Fun amusement park stopped about 100 feet from the end of the ride Saturday, and the following train slammed into it.
  26. Walt Disney Co.'s profit rose 24 percent in the second quarter of its fiscal year, thanks to free-spending visitors at the company's amusement parks.
  27. In January, KFC opened a mobile unit in a General Motors Corp. plant and plans to move into more factories, train stations, office buildings, sports stadiums and amusement parks.
  28. The English laugh at other people's English while remaining less aware of how they can generate endless amusement in France.
  29. The 13-count federal indictment filed Wednesday charges the six with assaulting and intimidating minorities and their friends in Tulsa parks, bars and amusement parks from July 1988 to August 1989.
  30. In fact, Ms. Weldon seems to sail through life in a state of perpetual amusement.
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