| 单词 | happy |
| 释义 | happy (once / 19 pages) 1adj 2adj Happy is a feeling of joy, pleasure, or good fortune — exactly how you'd feel if you learned that you won the lottery or got accepted into your number one choice of colleges. Happy hails from the Middle English word hap, meaning "good luck." Many of the early European words for happy actually referred to good luck, rather than a feeling of joy. On its own, happy means an enjoyable or satisfied state of being. When hyphenated, it can refer to an overwhelming inclination to do something. Someone who is trigger-happy, for example, has an overwhelming urge to shoot things, while a clothes-happy person is obsessed with taking trips to the mall. WORD FAMILYhappy: happier, happiest, happily, happiness, happyly, unhappy+/happiness: happinesses/unhappiness: unhappinesses/unhappy: unhappier, unhappiest, unhappily, unhappiness USAGE EXAMPLESWhen happy with the initial sketch, she transfers the design to metal, often with a fine-point marker. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) I’m happy to share my personal foibles and answer questions about my life. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) “It is not a happy story,” Dahlin says of his friend. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj marked by good fortune a happy outcome Syn felicitous fortunate having unexpected good fortune 2adj enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure a happy smile spent many happy days on the beach a happy marriage Syn|Ant cheerful being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits content, contentedsatisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are elatedexultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits euphoricexaggerated feeling of well-being or elation felicitousexhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style blessedcharacterized by happiness and good fortune blissfulcompletely happy and contented brightcharacterized by happiness or gladness golden, halcyon, prosperousmarked by peace and prosperity laughing, riantshowing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness gladshowing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy joyfulfull of or producing joy joyousfull of or characterized by joy unhappy experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent cheerless, depressing, uncheerfulcausing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy discontent, discontentedshowing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing dejectedaffected or marked by low spirits distressed, dysphoric, unhappygeneralized feeling of distress infelicitousnot appropriate in application; defective lovesicklanguishing because of love miserable, suffering, wretchedvery unhappy; full of misery sadexperiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness sorrowfulexperiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss joylessnot experiencing or inspiring joy 3adj eagerly disposed to act or to be of service 2Syn glad willing disposed or inclined toward adj well expressed and to the point a happy turn of phrase Syn well-chosen felicitous exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
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