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单词 chirpy
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Definition of chirpy in English:

chirpy

adjectivechirpiest, chirpier ˈtʃəːpiˈtʃərpi
informal
  • Cheerful and lively.

    〈非正式〉兴高采烈的,活泼的

    she looked positively chirpy
    a chirpy face
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wednesday dawned with me jumping out of bed bright and chirpy.
    • He spots the vans outside full of 12 happy, chirpy elderly ladies who are getting ready to take a trip around town.
    • Twenty minutes later I saw him looking all spruced up, chirpy and chipper sporting a gold earring in front of me at the Sainsbury check-out.
    • When they pulled away, Roxanne was back to her usual chirpy self and smiling broadly.
    • But Vera's chirpy cheerfulness cannot disguise the seriousness of her vocation.
    • Before Caelyn even had time to roll her eyes, Lalitha came up to them with a chirpy smile.
    • The heroine is Trisha - and expected to look chirpy and radiant, she fills the bill.
    • The little ones awoke with the birds bright and chirpy.
    • Ironically, in contrast, beaten Lee Walker was chirpy, smiley and full of beans.
    • Thus, on the one hand, I'm a chirpy optimist, blessed with an uncommon degree of good fortune, who can never quite believe his luck.
    • The chirpy nurse smiled as she pulled Shacago's arm out from under the sheets.
    • He has, not least, his own extraordinary personal resilience, his chirpy self-belief and optimism.
    • The truth is that beneath the chirpy, seemingly carefree exterior lies a steely determination to succeed.
    • This is not the case for the script alone, chipper and chirpy though it is.
    • A little while after my sulking, Darren comes into my room, all ecstatic and chirpy.
    • As soon as I saw the title of this film, I thought of the Everley Brothers' cheerful, chirpy number.
    • The normally chipper, chirpy Minister of Finance, who gets a bit lippy in the Chamber, did not have an answer to that one.
    • He's always smiling, always acting the fool and being chirpy and happy.
    • Michelle arrives home slightly hung-over from the night before but still characteristically bright and chirpy.
    • I want you to think for a moment about the liveliest, most chirpy person you know.
    Synonyms
    happy, jolly, merry, bright, glad, sunny, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, in good spirits, in high spirits, sparkling, bubbly, exuberant, ebullient, cock-a-hoop, elated, gleeful, breezy, airy, cheery, sprightly, jaunty, animated, radiant, smiling, grinning, laughing, mirthful, frolicsome

Derivatives

  • chirpily

  • adverb ˈtʃəːpɪliˈtʃərpəli
    informal
    • ‘Five points, that's what we will win by in the end,’ one of them chirpily states.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Yes, please,’ I replied, as chirpily as I could muster to what seemed like a really dumb question.
      • ‘Oh, and if ancient history was a shape,’ added a classicist chirpily, ‘what shape might that be?’
      • He was chirpily defiant, shouting his innocence through the corridors, before asking me: ‘All right, mate?’
      • With ‘5pm to 9pm’ being quite a broad time span, I told myself chirpily, the delivery would probably happen around 7pm and I would get home only half an hour or so later than usual.
  • chirpiness

  • noun ˈtʃəːpɪnəsˈtʃərpinəs
    informal
    • ‘What me and Mr Romanov speak about has nothing to do with you,’ said Rix when this was mentioned, his wearing chirpiness vanishing at the hint of being asked something demanding.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've hidden it as best I can when I've stayed at his place, or when we've been away together, but his chirpiness drives me nuts, and there's no way I could keep up the façade full-time.
      • Well-known for his ready smile and chirpiness, Brian, from Lymington, said: ‘We are a very close-knit team and we try to make things fun for obvious reasons.’
      • It is her chirpiness that makes her so popular.
      • But even her critics, infuriated by her indomitable chirpiness, admire her equally unquenchable energy.

Definition of chirpy in US English:

chirpy

adjectiveˈCHərpēˈtʃərpi
informal
  • Cheerful and lively.

    〈非正式〉兴高采烈的,活泼的

    she looked positively chirpy
    a chirpy face
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When they pulled away, Roxanne was back to her usual chirpy self and smiling broadly.
    • A little while after my sulking, Darren comes into my room, all ecstatic and chirpy.
    • Before Caelyn even had time to roll her eyes, Lalitha came up to them with a chirpy smile.
    • I want you to think for a moment about the liveliest, most chirpy person you know.
    • The heroine is Trisha - and expected to look chirpy and radiant, she fills the bill.
    • He's always smiling, always acting the fool and being chirpy and happy.
    • He spots the vans outside full of 12 happy, chirpy elderly ladies who are getting ready to take a trip around town.
    • The little ones awoke with the birds bright and chirpy.
    • Twenty minutes later I saw him looking all spruced up, chirpy and chipper sporting a gold earring in front of me at the Sainsbury check-out.
    • He has, not least, his own extraordinary personal resilience, his chirpy self-belief and optimism.
    • But Vera's chirpy cheerfulness cannot disguise the seriousness of her vocation.
    • The normally chipper, chirpy Minister of Finance, who gets a bit lippy in the Chamber, did not have an answer to that one.
    • Michelle arrives home slightly hung-over from the night before but still characteristically bright and chirpy.
    • Wednesday dawned with me jumping out of bed bright and chirpy.
    • As soon as I saw the title of this film, I thought of the Everley Brothers' cheerful, chirpy number.
    • Thus, on the one hand, I'm a chirpy optimist, blessed with an uncommon degree of good fortune, who can never quite believe his luck.
    • Ironically, in contrast, beaten Lee Walker was chirpy, smiley and full of beans.
    • The chirpy nurse smiled as she pulled Shacago's arm out from under the sheets.
    • This is not the case for the script alone, chipper and chirpy though it is.
    • The truth is that beneath the chirpy, seemingly carefree exterior lies a steely determination to succeed.
    Synonyms
    happy, jolly, merry, bright, glad, sunny, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, in good spirits, in high spirits, sparkling, bubbly, exuberant, ebullient, cock-a-hoop, elated, gleeful, breezy, airy, cheery, sprightly, jaunty, animated, radiant, smiling, grinning, laughing, mirthful, frolicsome
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