genial

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/    美 /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/|/-ni.əl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Friendly and cheerful; enlivening.
    — a genial glow
  2. Relating to the chin; genian. not-comparable
  3. Pleasantly mild and warm. especially
    — genial warmth
  4. Marked by genius. uncommon
    — Men of genius have so often attacht the highest value to their less genial works.
  5. Pertaining to marriage; nuptial. archaic
    — the genial bed
  6. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. archaic,broadly
    — Creator Venus, genial power of love.
    Fanny Hill
  7. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. obsolete,uncommon
    — natural incapacity and genial indisposition
  8. Relating to or resembling a genius (Roman tutelary deity). Roman,uncommon

词形变化

more genial comparative most genial superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
congenial geniality genialize genially genialness overgenial ungenial

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French génial, borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
词源 2
From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.
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