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chip·per /ˈtʃɪpə $ -ər/ adjective old-fashioned informal HAPPYhappy and active 兴高采烈的，活泼的 You’re looking very chipper this morning. 今天早晨你看起来很高兴啊。Examples from the Corpuschipper• She, Rosie, was game for anything, but poor Carlo hadn't been feeling exactly chipper.• Felt pretty chipper, as we scraped together enough coins to buy a shared polystyrene cup of milky tea.• What a chipper mood they were always in!• You're looking very chipper this morning, Deborah.• He spoke in a chipper tone, trying to let the children know he was talking to them.Origin chipper (1800-1900) Probably from English dialect kipper “cheerful and active”chip·per adjectiveChineseSyllable and Corpus active happy |