merriment

英 ['mer?m(?)nt] 美
  • n. 歡喜;嬉戲

中文詞源


merriment 高興

來自merry,高興,興奮,ment,名詞后綴。

英文詞源


merriment (n.)
1570s, "comedic entertainment," from merry + -ment. General sense of "mirth" is from 1580s.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. What calls for this merriment?
什么事值得這么高興?

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. What's all the merriment about?
玩得這般興高彩烈,有什么要慶祝 嗎 ?

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. No world of light and merriment. No round of amusement.
她的世界里并沒有光明和歡樂, 沒有一個(gè)接著一個(gè)的娛樂和消遣.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

4. This extraordinary assertion was greeted with a roar of merriment.
這個(gè)奇怪的論斷引起了歡聲大笑.

來自辭典例句

5. The cheerless monotony was sometimes enlivened with a little innocent merriment.
有時(shí)候,一點(diǎn)兒天真的嬉戲會(huì)使陰郁單調(diào)的生活增添一點(diǎn)生氣.

來自辭典例句