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单词 perky
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Definition of perky in English:

perky

adjectiveperkier, perkiest ˈpəːkiˈpərki
  • 1Cheerful and lively.

    活跃的,生龙活虎的

    she certainly looked less than her usual perky self

    她看起来确实不如往常那样生龙活虎。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both of them are way too perky and chipper in the morning for their own good.
    • Always bright and perky, Robin has shone in all subjects.
    • The temperature is about 60 degrees, a strategy to keep the lights cool, and the cast alive and perky.
    • Now she was perky and cheerfully placing every adorable clothing item she owned into that suitcase.
    • I was relieved, because that was the day Max and I taught our classes and I wanted to be feeling perky.
    • This guy was so perky and bright that it was starting to annoy her.
    • Betty, who seems so sunny and perky, practices the lines of a scene for her upcoming audition with Rita.
    • She's perky, flighty and frightened to death of her daughter and what she might really think.
    • Having said that, I'm still feeling pretty perky about my published piece, despite my complaining on other fronts.
    • Because, if you just glance at me, I look as cute and perky and joyful as ever.
    • I will soon be back to faking a perky voice, answering stupid questions and providing useless information.
    • Lee's perky and cheerful voice sounds like music to Danielle's ears and makes her want to weep with relief.
    • She is perky, happy to do publicity and says almost nothing interesting.
    • Through all this, she soldiered on, cheerful and perky - at least on the outside.
    • Kathy grinned at me, her whole face brightening up, once again painfully perky.
    • One network thinks their salvation may come in the form of a rival's perky morning show host.
    • The pert and perky secretary in the waiting room was unsuccessful in her attempts to keep the man at bay.
    • When I left, she was chipper and perky and seemed in as good of health as ever before.
    • The new roomie is just a tad too perky for me to handle this morning.
    • We've already seen a perky chickadee on our bird feeder and I met the striped lizard that seems to live in the chimney rocks.
    Synonyms
    cheerful, lively, vivacious, animated, bubbly, effervescent, bouncy, bouncing, spirited, high-spirited, in high spirits, cheery, merry, buoyant, ebullient, exuberant, jaunty, frisky, sprightly, spry, bright, sunny, jolly, full of the joys of spring, sparkly, pert
    1. 1.1 Cheeky.
      冒失的,莽撞的,无礼的
      don't be perky, miss!

      不得无礼,小姐!

Derivatives

  • perkily

  • adverb ˈpəːkɪliˈpərkəli
    • ‘Fine,’ he replies perkily before resting his head on her shoulder.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Smiling perkily, she turned back to the cameras.
      • I love the way they sit up so perkily when they think they've run far enough.
      • The desk clerk smiled far too perkily for Simon's taste.
      • Lisa shouted perkily from the middle seat of the van.
  • perkiness

  • noun ˈpəːkɪnəsˈpərkinəs
    • Their socially sanctioned perkiness goes off the rails, while always sticking to the cheerleaders' code of behaviour.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her perkiness had faded somewhere in the tale, and was replaced by sadness.
      • ‘Fine,’ I said, a bit startled at his perkiness.
      • If you can stand the shrill chanting and constant, infuriating perkiness, this is probably quite an entertaining movie.
      • However the amount of energy and perkiness was overwhelming.

Rhymes

herky-jerky, jerky, mirky, murky, quirky, smirky, turkey

Definition of perky in US English:

perky

adjectiveˈpərkēˈpərki
  • Cheerful and lively.

    活跃的,生龙活虎的

    she certainly looked less than her usual perky self

    她看起来确实不如往常那样生龙活虎。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's perky, flighty and frightened to death of her daughter and what she might really think.
    • This guy was so perky and bright that it was starting to annoy her.
    • Because, if you just glance at me, I look as cute and perky and joyful as ever.
    • Lee's perky and cheerful voice sounds like music to Danielle's ears and makes her want to weep with relief.
    • She is perky, happy to do publicity and says almost nothing interesting.
    • The temperature is about 60 degrees, a strategy to keep the lights cool, and the cast alive and perky.
    • Having said that, I'm still feeling pretty perky about my published piece, despite my complaining on other fronts.
    • I will soon be back to faking a perky voice, answering stupid questions and providing useless information.
    • The pert and perky secretary in the waiting room was unsuccessful in her attempts to keep the man at bay.
    • Both of them are way too perky and chipper in the morning for their own good.
    • Kathy grinned at me, her whole face brightening up, once again painfully perky.
    • The new roomie is just a tad too perky for me to handle this morning.
    • Always bright and perky, Robin has shone in all subjects.
    • I was relieved, because that was the day Max and I taught our classes and I wanted to be feeling perky.
    • Betty, who seems so sunny and perky, practices the lines of a scene for her upcoming audition with Rita.
    • One network thinks their salvation may come in the form of a rival's perky morning show host.
    • Now she was perky and cheerfully placing every adorable clothing item she owned into that suitcase.
    • We've already seen a perky chickadee on our bird feeder and I met the striped lizard that seems to live in the chimney rocks.
    • When I left, she was chipper and perky and seemed in as good of health as ever before.
    • Through all this, she soldiered on, cheerful and perky - at least on the outside.
    Synonyms
    cheerful, lively, vivacious, animated, bubbly, effervescent, bouncy, bouncing, spirited, high-spirited, in high spirits, cheery, merry, buoyant, ebullient, exuberant, jaunty, frisky, sprightly, spry, bright, sunny, jolly, full of the joys of spring, sparkly, pert
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