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英 [mɜːθ]

美 [mɜːrθ]

n.  欢乐; 欢笑

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BNC.15358 / COCA.21285

牛津词典

noun

• 欢乐；欢笑
  happiness, fun and the sound of people laughing
  1. The performance produced much mirth among the audience.
     这场演出使观众笑声不断。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 欢笑;欢乐
  Mirthis amusement which you express by laughing.
  1. That caused considerable mirth amongst pupils and sports masters alike...
     那个举动引得学生和体育老师大笑不止。
  2. It was all he could do to stop tears of mirth falling down his cheeks.
     他能做的只有不让快乐的泪水滑落脸庞。

英英释义

noun

• great merriment
  Synonym:hilaritymirthfulnessgleegleefulness

双语例句

• Staid men and good scholars at first expressed mirth.
  持重的人和渊博的学者起初看了觉得好笑。
• What was comedy to them was tragedy to her; and she could hardly bear their mirth.
  在他们眼中是一出喜剧，然而在她眼里却是一出悲剧；对于他们的欢乐，她简直受不了。
• For once Dimbleby lost his composure. It was all he could do to stop tears of mirth falling down his cheeks
  这一次丁布尔比没能控制住自己的感情。他唯一能做的也就是不让欢乐的泪水流下脸庞。
• Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
  表现出或者感觉到欢乐、愉快或者幸福。
• He checked his unreasonable mirth.
  他止住了自己这种不合时宜的玩笑。
• Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
  人在喜笑中，心里也会有痛苦；欢乐的结局，会是愁苦。
• Excess of zeal kills the grace and the mirth of good dinners.
  过分的热也可以消灭盛宴的雅兴和欢乐。
• He could not restrain his temper [ mirth].
  他无法抑制愤怒[欢笑]。
• Christmas is a time of mirth, especially for children.
  圣诞节是个快乐的日子，尤其是对孩子们。
• When I told them what had happened to me, they all chortled with mirth.
  我把我的事告诉他们以后，他们咯咯地笑起来了。