chipper
英 ['tʃɪpə]
美['tʃɪpɚ]
- adj. 爽朗的;活泼的
- n. 削片机;凿子;削东西的人;唧唧喳喳
- vt. 使愉快;使振作
- vi. 吱吱地叫;唠叨
英英释意
- 1. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;
- "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton
- "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds
- "walked with a jaunty step"
- "a jaunty optimist"