vivacious

adjective
🔊/vɪˈveɪʃəs/
🔊/vɪˈveɪʃəs/, 🔊/vaɪˈveɪʃəs/
(approving)
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  1. (especially of a woman尤指女子) having a lively, attractive personality可爱的;活泼的;动人的
    • He had three pretty, vivacious daughters.他有三个活泼漂亮的女儿。🔊🔊
    • She appeared to be her old, vivacious self again.她似乎又是她古老而活泼的自我。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVivacious is used with these nouns:
    • personality
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin vivax, vivac- ‘lively, vigorous’ (from vivere ‘to live’) + -ious.