mirth

英语

词源

繼承自中古英語 merth、myrthe、murhthe，來自古英語 myrġþ (“歡樂”)，來自原始西日耳曼語 *murgiþu (“短暫，精簡”)；等同於merry +‎ -th。與中古荷蘭語 merchte (“愉快，高興”)同源。

发音

• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /mɜɹθ/, [mɝθ]; 英語發音：mûrth
• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /mɜːθ/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韻部：-ɜː(ɹ)θ

名词

mirth (通常不可數，複數 mirths)

1. 欢乐，愉快
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   • 1918，W. B. Maxwell，章號 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp‎^[1]:

     She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

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   • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:

     Their eyes met and they began to laugh. They laughed as children do when they cannot contain themselves, and can not explain the cause of their mirth to grown people, but share it perfectly together.

2. 令人愉快的事物
   • 1922 February，James Joyce，Ulysses，Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

近义词

• (情感)： delight、glee、hilarity、jollity

反义词

• (情感)： sadness、gloom

衍生词汇

派生詞

• mirthful
• mirthfully
• mirthfulness
• mirthless
• mirthlessly
• mirthlessness
• mirthy

中古英語

詞源1

繼承自古英語 myrgþ。

名詞

mirth

1. myrthe的另一種寫法

詞源2

衍生自myrthe (名詞)。

動詞

mirth

1. myrthen的另一種寫法