amuses

英 [əˈmjuːzɪz]

美 [əˈmjuːzɪz]

v.  逗笑; 逗乐; (提供)消遣; (使)娱乐
amuse的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 逗乐；逗笑
  If somethingamusesyou, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
  1. The thought seemed to amuse him...
     这种想法好像把他逗乐了。
  2. Their antics never fail to amuse.
     他们滑稽的举止总是让人发笑。
• VERB 给…提供娱乐（或消遣）
  If youamuse yourself, you do something in order to pass the time and not become bored.
  1. I need distractions. I need to amuse myself so I won't keep thinking about things...
     我需要分散我的注意力。需要消遣一下，让自己不去想这样那样的事。
  2. Put a selection of baby toys in his cot to amuse him if he wakes early.
     要在婴儿床里放一些玩具，以便他醒得早时可以自己玩。
• See also:amusedamusing

双语例句

• It amuses you, dear, she answered bitterly.
  “你倒是自得其乐，亲爱的。”她尖刻地答道。
• He amuses her, and she likes to be amused.
  他在逗她开心呢，她喜欢被哄开心。
• Refreshment of one's mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates; play.
  消遣；文娱在工作之后经过逗乐或刺激的勾当来使或人的身心获得恢复；游玩。
• Tell me about Fred, what is really happening out there, I hear I wouldn't recognize my own son It seems he's a cook now, that he amuses himself with young girls more than a grown man, should.
  我听说他变得很厉害，我可能都不认识自己的儿子了。他眼下似乎是在当厨师，他平时就在年轻姑娘中间寻欢作乐，有失成年人的体统。
• And now it amuses my audience.
  如今，它在娱乐我的观众。
• He usually amuses us with strange stories.
  他常常讲一些奇异的故事来逗乐我们。
• An Elvis Presley impersonator amuses visitors waiting outside the British Pavilion yesterday.
  昨日在英国馆外面，一猫王扮演者逗得正在馆外排队的人大笑。
• The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him.
  那种以被惩罚为特征的堕落使他感到满足、愉悦和兴奋。
• Well, who is; but who has good music, and amuses people on Sunday evenings, when the whole of New York is dying of inanition.
  哦，她就是平民；不过她有好的音乐天赋，在星期天晚上整个纽约空虚得要命时给人们助兴。
• Yes, of course, you can, if it amuses you.
  可以呀，你当然可以留下来，如果你高兴的话。