gaiety
gaiety 英 [ˈgeɪəti] 美 [ˈɡeɪti]
n. 快乐，兴高采烈；庆祝活动，喜庆；（服饰）华丽，艳丽
名词复数:gaieties
- A festive, happy event, like a big summer backyard party, will be full of gaiety — or merriment and playfulness.
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- n. 快乐，兴高采烈；庆祝活动，喜庆；（服饰）华丽，艳丽
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1. Her manner professed a gaiety that she did not feel.
她的神态显出一种她并未实际感受到的快乐。
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2. He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.
大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。
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3. Had he once found power to smile, and wear a face of gaiety, there would have been no such man!
假如他一度找到了微笑的能力，并在脸上堆满欢快的笑意，也就不曾有过他这样一个人了！
- gaiety (n.) "cheerfulness, mirth," 1630s, from French gaieté (Old French gaiete, 12c.), from gai "gay" (see gay). In the 1890s, in Britain, especially with reference to a London theater of that name, and the kind of musical shows and dancing girls it presented.
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