merriment

英['merimənt] 美['merimənt]
  • n. 欢乐
Noun:
  1. a gay feeling

  2. activities that are enjoyable or amusing;

    "I do it for the fun of it"
    "he is fun to have around"

1. What calls for this merriment?
什么事值得这么高兴?

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. What's all the merriment about?
玩得这般兴高彩烈,有什么要庆祝 吗 ?

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. No world of light and merriment. No round of amusement.
她的世界里并没有光明和欢乐, 没有一个接着一个的娱乐和消遣.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4. This extraordinary assertion was greeted with a roar of merriment.
这个奇怪的论断引起了欢声大笑.

来自辞典例句

5. The cheerless monotony was sometimes enlivened with a little innocent merriment.
有时候,一点儿天真的嬉戏会使阴郁单调的生活增添一点生气.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He saw the joke quickly and joined in the general merriment.
      他很快就领悟到了其中的幽默,于是和大家一起欢笑起来。
    2. We celebrated the New Year with merriment.
      我们欢天喜地地庆祝新年。

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