Droll

(adj.) comical in an odd or whimsical manner; 'a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor' .

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• She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is a droll little church. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• That is droll! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was so droll! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• For, it may alone be worth half the sum to madame, to be freed from the suspicions that my droll idea awakens. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• That is droll. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Isn't it droll that I never go out after dark, but I find myself attended, always by one scout, and often by two? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Well, it is too bad,--I won't again; but I do like to hear the droll little image stumble over those big words! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It was always pleasantly droll to see Pa and Bella together; but on this present evening her husband thought her more than usually fantastic with him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He is so droll! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It re'lly was droll to think on 't. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• O you droll creature! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He is so droll, that Samson. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Sight-seeing from morning till night, stopping for nice lunches in the gay _cafes_, and meeting with all sorts of droll adventures. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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