amuses

英 [əˈmjuːzɪz]

美 [əˈmjuːzɪz]

v.  逗笑; 逗乐; (提供)消遣; (使)娱乐
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 逗乐；逗笑
  If somethingamusesyou, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
  1. The thought seemed to amuse him...
     这种想法好像把他逗乐了。
  2. Their antics never fail to amuse.
     他们滑稽的举止总是让人发笑。
• VERB 给…提供娱乐（或消遣）
  If youamuse yourself, you do something in order to pass the time and not become bored.
  1. I need distractions. I need to amuse myself so I won't keep thinking about things...
     我需要分散我的注意力。需要消遣一下，让自己不去想这样那样的事。
  2. Put a selection of baby toys in his cot to amuse him if he wakes early.
     要在婴儿床里放一些玩具，以便他醒得早时可以自己玩。
• See also:amusedamusing

双语例句

• I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water.
  我要神在我的血液中玩耍，像阳光在水面上自娱。
• Their confusion both amuses and alarms me, but others who have lived abroad for longer call me na ï ve.
  他们的这种困惑既让我感到有趣，又给我敲了警钟，但那些在国外住了更久的人却说我太天真。
• And now it amuses my audience.
  如今，它在娱乐我的观众。
• The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him.
  那种以被惩罚为特征的堕落使他感到满足、愉悦和兴奋。
• It amuses you, dear, she answered bitterly.
  “你倒是自得其乐，亲爱的。”她尖刻地答道。
• Refreshment of one's mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates; play.
  消遣；文娱在工作之后经过逗乐或刺激的勾当来使或人的身心获得恢复；游玩。
• Her pretended interest in art and music amuses me.
  她对于美术音乐的假兴趣使我好笑。
• Uncle Sam entertains/ amuses the children for hours at a time.
  萨姆叔叔一连好几小时地逗孩子们乐。
• Well, who is; but who has good music, and amuses people on Sunday evenings, when the whole of New York is dying of inanition.
  哦，她就是平民；不过她有好的音乐天赋，在星期天晚上整个纽约空虚得要命时给人们助兴。
• It amuses the Romans to turn us into fishermen.
  罗马人以把我们变成渔夫取乐。