| 释义 |
delightfulness|dɪˈlaɪtfʊlnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The state or quality of being delightful.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 49, I hope the delightfulnesse of the one wil attenuate the tediousnesse of the other. 1674Playford Skill Mus. i. 59 Which Musick, by its Variety and Delightfulness, allayeth the Passions. 1777Sir W. Jones Ess. i. 163 The delightfulness of their climate. 1831Greville Mem. Geo. IV (1875) II. xv. 182, Admiration of the beauty and delightfulness of the place.
†2. Of persons: The state of being delighted or of feeling delight. Obs.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1613) 148–9 But our desires' tyrannicall extortion Doth force vs there to set our chiefe delight fulnesse Where but a baiting-place is all our portion. 1608Machin Dumb Knt. iv. i, The Queen is all for revels; her high heart..Bestows itself upon delightfulness. |