mirth

英语

词源

源自中古英语 merth、myrthe、murhthe，源自古英语 mergþ、mirgþ、myrgþ (“欢乐”)，源自原始西日耳曼语 *murgiþu (“短暂，精简”)，等价于merry +‎ -th。

发音

• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助)：/mɜɹθ/, [mɝθ]; 英语发音：mûrth
• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助)：/mɜːθ/

• （美国）音频

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• 韵部：-ɜː(ɹ)θ

名词

mirth (通常不可数, 复数 mirths)

1. 欢乐，愉快
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   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, 章号 2, 出自 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.

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近义词

• (情感)： delight、glee、hilarity、jollity

反义词

• (情感)： sadness、gloom

衍生词汇

派生词

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

中古英语

词源 1

源自古英语 myrgþ。

名词

mirth

1. myrthe的另一种写法

词源 2

派生自myrthe (名词)。

动词

mirth

1. myrthen的另一种写法