英语词汇“delight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

delightdelight1 /dɪˈlaɪt/ ●●○ noun

COLLOCATIONS► with/in delight

The kids rushed down to the beach, shrieking with delight.

► To my delight

To my delight, my first assignment was in Hawaii.

► sheer delight

There was a look of sheer delight (=very great delight) on her face.

1[uncountable] a feeling of great pleasure and satisfaction: with/in delight The kids rushed down to the beach, shrieking with delight. To my delight, my first assignment was in Hawaii. There was a look of sheer delight (=very great delight) on her face.2[countable] something that makes you feel very happy or satisfied: culinary delightsthe delights of something the simple delights of hot sun and good wineit is a delight to do something It was a delight to be back among our old friends.3take delight in (doing) something to enjoy something very much, often something that annoys someone else: He took great delight in teasing his younger brother.

noun | verb

delightdelight2 ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYdelight²

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French delit, from Latin delectare to please greatly

VERB TABLE

delight

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	delight
	he, she, it	delights
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	delighted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have delighted
	he, she, it	has delighted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had delighted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will delight
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have delighted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am delighting
	he, she, it	is delighting
	you, we, they	are delighting
Past	I, he, she, it	was delighting
	you, we, they	were delighting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been delighting
	he, she, it	has been delighting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been delighting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be delighting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been delighting

to give someone a feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment: This movie classic will delight the whole family.delight somebody with something He delighted the crowd with his spectacular talent. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French delit, from Latin delectare to please greatly]delight in something phrasal verb to enjoy something very much, especially something that makes other people upset or embarrassed: delight in doing something The twins delighted in confusing other people.