英语词汇“happy as a lark”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. In proverbial similes, esp. as the type of something joyful or carefree. Now esp. in (as) happy as a lark and variants: very happy, perfectly content.

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1664 J. Winter Spicilegium 3 One is aiery and pleasant as a Lark..; another is as chollerick as a Dog; a third as meek as a Lamb; [etc.].

1694 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy VIII. i. x. 49 Then I awake as merry as a Lark; as young as if I'd been in Medea's Cauldron.

1770 Reapers i. i. 7 What should hinder my being as happy as yon lark?

1801 M. Edgeworth Knapsack in Moral Tales III. 262 I had laid it all out in my head..that you should stay, and take a good night's rest here..then, in the morning, you'd find yourself as fresh as a lark.

1825 T. Creevey Let. 16 Mar. in J. Gore Creevey Papers (1963) xii. 205 He dined at Sefton's this day week as gay as a lark.

1839 G. P. Morris Little Frenchman & his Water Lots 15 There he was as happy as a lark.

1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. viii. 123 A slice of this here ham..and then a drop of this vinegar and pickles..and I shall be as fresh as a lark again!

1911 L. P. Solsness Utgard 111 As merry as larks over their ale-bowls and punch-glasses.

1936 West Australian (Perth) 5 Dec. 20/4 About 160 kiddies suffering from every form of complaint, yet all smiles and as happy as the larks.

2010 N. Levit & D. O. Linder Happy Lawyer iv. 100 We think we will be as happy as a lark five years after we win the lottery. We won't be.

单词	happy as a lark
释义	> as lemmas (as) happy as a lark P4. In proverbial similes, esp. as the type of something joyful or carefree. Now esp. in (as) happy as a lark and variants: very happy, perfectly content. ΚΠ 1664 J. Winter Spicilegium 3 One is aiery and pleasant as a Lark..; another is as chollerick as a Dog; a third as meek as a Lamb; [etc.]. 1694 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy VIII. i. x. 49 Then I awake as merry as a Lark; as young as if I'd been in Medea's Cauldron. 1770 Reapers i. i. 7 What should hinder my being as happy as yon lark? 1801 M. Edgeworth Knapsack in Moral Tales III. 262 I had laid it all out in my head..that you should stay, and take a good night's rest here..then, in the morning, you'd find yourself as fresh as a lark. 1825 T. Creevey Let. 16 Mar. in J. Gore Creevey Papers (1963) xii. 205 He dined at Sefton's this day week as gay as a lark. 1839 G. P. Morris Little Frenchman & his Water Lots 15 There he was as happy as a lark. 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. viii. 123 A slice of this here ham..and then a drop of this vinegar and pickles..and I shall be as fresh as a lark again! 1911 L. P. Solsness Utgard 111 As merry as larks over their ale-bowls and punch-glasses. 1936 West Australian (Perth) 5 Dec. 20/4 About 160 kiddies suffering from every form of complaint, yet all smiles and as happy as the larks. 2010 N. Levit & D. O. Linder Happy Lawyer iv. 100 We think we will be as happy as a lark five years after we win the lottery. We won't be. extracted from larkn.¹ < as lemmas
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