jovial

英['dʒəʊvɪəl;-vj(ə)l] 美['dʒovɪəl]

副词: jovially;名词: joviality;

jovial 欢乐的

来自Jove,古罗马神话主神，木星。字面意思即木星的，来自古代占星术概念，在木星位出生的孩子性格会比较开朗和活泼，引申词义欢乐的。

jovial: jovial: [16] Etymologically, jovial simply means ‘born under the influence of the planet Jupiter’. It comes via French from Italian gioviale, a derivative of Giove ‘Jupiter’, which itself goes back to the Latin stem Jov- (from which English also gets Jove [14], as in by Jove!). Jupiter was thought of as endowing those born under its sign with happiness, and so by extension jovial came to mean ‘jolly, good-humoured’. The word Jupiter [13] itself represents a Latin compound of Jov- and pater ‘father’.
jovial (adj.): 1580s, "under the influence of the planet Jupiter," from Middle French jovial (16c.), from Italian joviale, literally "pertaining to Jupiter," and directly from Latin Iovialis "of Jupiter," from Iovius (used as genitive of Iuppiter) "Jupiter," Roman god of the sky (see Jove). The meaning "good-humored, merry," is from astrological belief that those born under the sign of the planet Jupiter are of such dispositions. Related: Jovially.

1. Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!: 热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下!

3. He was falsely jovial, with his booming, mirthless laugh.: 他低声苦笑了几声，装出快乐的样子。