glad

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɡlæd/|/ɡlad/|/ɡlaːd/    美 /ɡlæd/|/ɡlæːd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gladiolus (plant). informal,predicative,usually
    — Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.
动词 v.
  1. To make glad. archaic,predicative,transitive,usually
    — that which gladded all the warrior train
形容词 adj.
  1. Pleased; happy; gratified. predicative,usually
    — I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
  2. Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness. obsolete,predicative,usually
    — Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.
    The New Arcadia

词形变化

gladder comparative more glad comparative gladdest superlative most glad superlative glads present,singular,third-person gladding participle,present gladded participle,past gladded past glads plural

词汇关系

反义词
cranky depressed downcast heavy peevish sad sorrowful
衍生词
engladden get glad in the same britches one got mad in get glad in the same pants one got mad in glad and sorry gladden glad-eye gladful glad-hand gladhand glad hand glad-handed glad-hander glad-handing gladhearted gladless gladly Gladman gladness glad rags gladsome glad tidings glad wrap overglad unglad

词源

词源 1
From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).
Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.
词源 2
Abbreviation of gladiolus.
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