| 单词 | high spirits |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh spirits b. Emotionally uplifted, in a good mood; elated, lively, uproarious; chiefly in high spirits, high (old) time.Chiefly as a positive attribute. For the sense ‘animated through anger’, see sense A. 11.Later use with on (see quot. 1977) may represent extended use of either sense A. 19a or A. 19c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > elated jollyc1305 elated1615 elevateda1640 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 high1695 elate1702 uppisha1704 vaudyc1720 in fine (also good, high) leg1808 exalté1831 in high snuff1840 bucked1907 thrilled1908 twitterpated1942 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur ii. 43 Sweet Melodious Lays, Such as bright Spirits, in high Raptures sing, Around the Throne of their Eternal King. 1732 Coll. New State Songs 20 Poor Moll in high Glee From the Moment it came, Assum'd all the Airs of Imperial Dame. 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 46 The men were in high spirits from the prospect they had of getting off in the long-boat. 1782 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 149 Daddy Crisp..as usual, high in glee and kindness at the meeting. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 435 When his health was good and his spirits high, he was a scoffer. 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp (1871) 226 These are high old times, ain't they? 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxiii. 451 Santa Fe De San Francisco—so the old Spaniards named it—is a high old city. 1897 Windsor Mag. Jan. 269/1 I've had a high old time hunting up six dozen of '53. 1914 J. B. Ellis Woodneys v. 67 Last night I made everything all right with Nellie; so this morning I was feeling high. 1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 255 Those two will be having a high old time, with the cat away. 1977 A. Cooke Six Men ii. 54 The small band..were high on the waggishness with which young college types cover up their self-consciousness. 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) ii. x. 715 Will was in recklessly high spirits; he insisted upon dancing with Joanna and Gwladys. 2012 E. Herzog Cardiac Care Unit Survival Guide 406/2 It is then when people often become intolerant of problems that did not bother them as much when they were in a high mood. < as lemmas |
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