单词 | cheer-up |
释义 | cheer-upadj. That cheers or is intended to cheer someone up; cheering; comforting. In quot. 1846, apparently arising as a mistranscription or alteration by Burton of cheer-upping from Cheyne's Eng. Malady. See quot. 1733 at cheer-upping adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness comfortative1377 comfortive1377 cheerfula1440 comfortablec1460 cheering1549 sunny1565 sunshine1594 heartsome1596 sprightly1598 livening1605 brightening1642 exhilarating1644 encheering1652 cheery1655 spiriting1671 sunshiny1686 riant1720 sonsy1721 genial1747 cheerfulizing1840 cheer-up1846 enlivening1862 exhilarative1864 exhilarant1866 exhilaratory1871 heartening1895 1846 J. H. Burton Life & Corr. David Hume 47 They ‘retired to comfort themselves with a cheer-up cup’. 1918 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 80 68 Another feature is the publication of a ‘cheer up’ book, which contains the autobiographies of successful cripples. 1932 Laredo (Texas) Times 7 Sept. 7/2 Literary enthusiasm thrives on encouragement... That is why the alert editor is so profuse in his acceptance letters and cheer-up telegrams. 1963 Times 19 Nov. 16/2 ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’, the cheer-up song of 1944. 2004 Good Housek. Oct. 240/2 This dish is incredibly easy and delicious—the ultimate cheer-up food with a baked potato. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1846 |
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