A humorous or droll person; a wit. 幽默者幽默或滑稽的人;机智的人
His droll expression seemed to say that he had found the secret of contentment. 他那种滑稽可笑的表情似乎在说明他已经发现了知足常乐的秘诀。
Now this word soul, which pops up frequently in Van Norden's soliloquies, used to have a droll effect upon me at first. 范诺登自言自语时嘴边常挂着“灵魂”这个词儿,起初我一听到这个词便觉得好笑。
droll
[ adj ] comical in an odd or whimsical manner <adj.all> a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor
Droll \Droll\, v. t. 1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. --L'Estrange.
2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.]
This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. -- W. D. Howells.
Droll \Droll\ (dr[=o]l), a. [Compar. {Droller}; superl. {Drollest}.] [F. dr[^o]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr["o]ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. {Trull}.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- {Droll}, {Laughable}, {Comical}. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story.
Droll \Droll\, n. 1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. --Prior.
2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drolling}.] To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]
Droll, man, really droll!
BELEM, Brazil _ Some droll, delightful or deadly denizens of the Amazon rain forest: Anaconda _ The world's super snake, a 38-foot constrictor that suffocates rather than crushes its prey, the distinction usually being lost on the victim.
If you miss those days, CBS and magician-author Ricky Jay offer a droll, affectionate and engrossing hour Thursday night of '90s-style vaudeville: "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women."
It could become a question of national resiliency." Parker, a tall, droll man who looks like everybody's favorite uncle, was not smiling.
Its droll, eye-popping graphics were designed on the Quantel Paintbox by Emmy Award-winning co-producer John Andrews, with artists Todd Ruff and Sharon Haskell.
One of these, "Mongolian Bactrian" of 1969, stands sentinel at the entrance to the Hirshhorn show, and looks almost as shockingly incongruous (and droll) now as it did when it was made.