| 单词 | joy |
| 释义 | joy /joy/, n. 1. the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son's success. 2. a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated: Her prose style is a pure joy. 3. the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety. 4. a state of happiness or felicity. v.i. 5. to feel joy; be glad; rejoice. v.t. 6. Obs. to gladden. [1175-1225; ME joy(e) < OF joie, joye < LL gaudia, neut. pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of L gaudium joy, equiv. to gaud- (base of gaudere to be glad) + -ium -IUM] Syn. 1. rapture. 4. bliss. See pleasure. Ant. 1. misery, unhappiness, sorrow, grief. |
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