Gay

(adj.) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires .

(adj.) given to social pleasures often including dissipation; 'led a gay Bohemian life'; 'a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies' .

(adj.) offering fun and gaiety; 'a festive (or festal) occasion'; 'gay and exciting night life'; 'a merry evening' .

(adj.) full of or showing high-spirited merriment; 'when hearts were young and gay'; 'a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company'- Wordsworth; 'the jolly crowd at the reunion'; 'jolly old Saint Nick'; 'a jovial old gentleman'; 'have a merry Christmas'; 'peals of merry laughter'; 'a mirthful laugh' .

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• Gay-Lussac found that two volumes of h ydrogen combined with one volume of oxygen to produce two volumes of water vapor. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• At supper, we were hardly so gay. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I am as gay as a lark. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Rivers, I have been _so_ gay during my stay at S-. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A gay laugh from the court rang through the silken curtains of the verandah. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In London,--going through the old round; dining with the old Harley Street set, or with gayer young friends of his own. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Though why you shouldn't, no mortal knows, he said, in a gayer tone; and, getting up, he began to walk the floor. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He is used to much gayer places than Mansfield. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Ah--I hope the house will be gayer, now that Ellen's here! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Olenski's a finished scoundrel; but life with him must have been a good deal gayer than it is in Fifth Avenue. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• And the lark was never gayer than that excellent woman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• They threatened to whip me, if I wasn't gayer, and didn't take some pains to make myself agreeable. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Beth played her gayest march, Amy threw open the door, and Meg enacted escort with great dignity. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We made quite a gay procession of it, and my child-wife was the gayest there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And yet, when I was at my father's, did not the men give up their gayest balls and parties in order to pass the evening with me? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In the autumn evenings (when Rebecca was flaunting at Paris, the gayest among the gay conquerors there, and our Amelia, our dear wounded Amelia, ah! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Meanwhile, she was the gayest and most admired of Englishwomen: and had a little European congress on her reception-night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• These Doctors' Commons fellows are the gayest men in town, I believe, and beat us sober Oxford people all to nothing! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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