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frolic

verb
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪk/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪk/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they frolic
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪk/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪk/
he / she / it frolics
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪks/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪks/
past simple frolicked
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪkt/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪkt/
past participle frolicked
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪkt/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪkt/
-ing form frolicking
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪkɪŋ/
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  1. to play and move around in a lively, happy way嬉戏；嬉闹
    • children frolicking on the beach在海滩上嬉戏的儿童
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFrolic is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • lamb
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    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Dutch vrolijk ‘merry, cheerful’.

frolic

noun
🔊/ˈfrɒlɪk/
🔊/ˈfrɑːlɪk/
 [countable, uncountable] (old-fashioned)
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  1. a lively and fun activity during which people forget their problems and responsibilities欢乐的活动
    • It was just a harmless frolic.那不过是个没有恶意的嬉闹游戏。🔊🔊
    • The days of fun and frolic were gone for ever.欢乐和嬉戏的日子一去不复返了。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Dutch vrolijk ‘merry, cheerful’.