delight
delight 英 [dɪˈlaɪt] 美 [dɪˈlaɪt]
n. 高兴 v. 使高兴，使愉快
进行时:delighting 过去式:delighted 过去分词:delighted 第三人称单数:delights 名词复数:delights
- When you like someone, you might say, "She is an absolute delight." You mean you think she's great: a delight is a source of joy, and to delight is to cause pleasure. Babies are particularly good at expressing delight in new things.
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- n. 高兴
- v. 使高兴，使愉快
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1. a feeling of pure delight
十分高兴的心情
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2. She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
这场比赛她赢得很轻松，令所有的崇拜者大为高兴。
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3. This guitar is a delight to play.
这吉他弹起来很惬意。
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4. the delights of living in the country
生活在乡村的乐趣
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5. This news will delight his fans all over the world.
这消息将使全世界崇拜他的人都感到高兴。
- delight (n.) c. 1200, delit, from Old French delit "pleasure, delight, sexual desire," from delitier "please greatly, charm," from Latin delectare "to allure, delight, charm, please," frequentative of delicere "entice" (see delicious). Spelled delite until 16c. when it changed under influence of light, flight, etc.
- delight (v.) c. 1200, deliten, from Old French delitier (see delight (n.)). Related: Delighted; delighting.
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