mirth
英 [m??θ]
美[m?θ]
- n. 歡笑；歡樂；高興
TEM8GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯
助記提示
1. 媽媽看到你出生了很高興。
2. merry => mirth.
3. merry => mir- + -th => mirth.
2. merry => mirth.
3. merry => mir- + -th => mirth.
中文詞源
mirth 歡樂，歡笑
來自merry,歡樂的，-th,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- mirth
- mirth: see merry
- mirth (n.)
- Old English myrge "joy, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *murgitha (cognates: Middle Dutch merchte), noun of quality from *murgjo- (see merry; also see -th (2)). Mirthquake "entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in reference to Harold Lloyd movies.
雙語例句
- 1. Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
- 默里·皮克的干笑里沒有一點(diǎn)快樂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His ruddy face still routinely creases with mirth.
- 他紅潤的臉龐仍舊時(shí)常笑得堆起褶子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The performance produced much mirth among the audience.
- 這場(chǎng)演出使觀眾笑聲不斷。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The announcement was greeted with much hilarity and mirth.
- 這一項(xiàng)宣布引起了熱烈的歡呼聲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She thought my mirth improper.
- 她認(rèn)為我高興是不合時(shí)宜的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》