blithe

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /blaɪð/|/blaɪθ/    美 /blaɪð/|/blaɪθ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
    — She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
  2. Cheerful, happy. Scotland
    — And now ſweet Emperour be blithe againe, And bury all thy feare in my deuiſes.
  3. Fair, beautiful, comely; gracious, pleasant and attractive in manner. obsolete
    — Thy garters fringed with the golde, And siluer aglets hanging by, Which made thee blithe for to beholde, And yet thou wouldst not loue me.

词形变化

blither comparative blithest superlative blythe alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
blitheful blitheless blithely blithen blitheness blither blithesome Blythe overblithe unblithe
相关词
bliss

词源

From Middle English blithe (“glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair”) [and other forms], from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþī, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (“friendly; gentle, mild; pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlī- (“fine; light; pleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bliede (“glad, cheerful, merry”), West Frisian bliid (“cheerful, glad”), Dutch blij (“happy”), German Low German blied (“happy, lucky”).
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