racy

英 [ˈreɪsi]

美 [ˈreɪsi]

adj.  (风格)活泼的; 不雅的

比较级：racier　最高级：raciest　

GRE

BNC.22949 / COCA.17428

牛津词典

adj.

• （风格）活泼的；不雅的
  having a style that is exciting and amusing, sometimes in a way that is connected with sex
  1. a racy novel
     带荤的小说

柯林斯词典

• （文风）生动的;（举止）活泼的;泼辣的
  Racywriting or behaviour is lively, amusing, and slightly shocking.

英英释义

adj

• designed or suitable for competing in a race
• suggestive of sexual impropriety
  1. a blue movie
  2. blue jokes
  3. he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
  4. a juicy scandal
  5. a naughty wink
  6. naughty words
  7. racy anecdotes
  8. a risque story
  9. spicy gossip
  Synonym:bluegamygameyjuicynaughtyrisquespicy
• full of zest or vigor
  1. a racy literary style
  Synonym:lively
• marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  1. a rich ruby port
  2. full-bodied wines
  3. a robust claret
  4. the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
  Synonym:full-bodiedrichrobust

双语例句

• Nothing could be more racy, straightforward, and alive than the prose of shakespeare.
  没有比莎士比亚的散文更有趣、更明快、更生动活泼的了。
• But I wish I could give here the pictures, coloured and racy, which Captain Nichols'vivid narrative offered to the imagination.
  我真希望我能画出几幅绚丽多彩的图画，把尼柯尔斯船长的生动叙述在我想象中唤起的一幅幅画面也让读者看到。
• Sure, Asian growth still looks racy beside the more mature economies, but investors should harbour no illusions.
  诚然，与一些更为成熟的经济体相比，亚洲经济增长似乎仍然活力十足，但投资者不应心存幻想。
• I was just dropping off racy's iunch, thought I'd say heiio.
  我刚好来给特蕾西送午餐，想来和你打声招呼。
• Several images from the unfinished film were leaked on the internet late last week, including several racy images of Edward and Bella in bed.
  上周，该部尚未拍摄完成的影片中的一些剧照遭到不法分子泄露，随后在互联网上疯传，其中包括一组男女主角Edward和Bella的床照。
• The book is racy rather than obscene.
  那本书与其说是猥亵的，倒不如说是活泼地。
• I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night.
  我开始喜欢纽约了，喜欢夜晚那种奔放冒险的情调。
• Before treatment, halfway through and a few weeks after, they brought the men into a locked lab and showed them a racy film.
  在这个治疗之前，治疗中途和完成治疗后的几周里，研究人员领着这些人走进一个锁着的实验室并给他们展示了别具特色的电影。
• Her racy stories can is rather shocking.
  她那些下流的故事讲起来有时很让人吃惊。
• I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade.
  我认为整个故事不久就会被添油加醋在黄色小报登出来。