merry

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛ.ɹi/    美 /ˈmɛ.ɹi/|/ˈmeɹ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An English wild cherry.
形容词 adj.
  1. Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.
    — We had a very merry Christmas.
  2. Festive and full of fun and laughter.
    — Everyone was merry at the party.
  3. Brisk.
    — The play moved along at a merry pace.
  4. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
    — a merry jest
  5. Drunk; tipsy. euphemistic
    — Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.

词形变化

merrier comparative merriest superlative merie alternative,obsolete merrie alternative,obsolete mery alternative,obsolete merries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
be on one's merry way continue on one's merry way go on one's merry way like merry hell make merry Mary-marry-merry merger merrily merriment merriness Merriweather merry-andrew merry as a cricket merry as a grig merrybell merry chase merry Christmas merry cocker merry company merry dance merry dancers merrydom merry-go-around merry-go-down merry-go-round merry-go-sorry merry-go-whirl Merry Hill Merry Lees merrymaker merry-maker merry-making merrymaking merryman merrymeeting merry-meeting merry men merrythought merry-totter merry widow merry Xmas overmerry play merry havoc with play merry hell with
相关词
mirth

词源

词源 1
From Middle English myrie, merie, mery, from Old English myrġe, myriġe (“pleasing, agreeable; pleasant, sweet, delightful; melodious”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgī (“short, slow, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *murguz (“short, slow”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Scots mery, mirry (“merry”), Middle Dutch mergelijc (“pleasant, agreeable, joyful”), Norwegian dialectal myrjel (“small object, figurine”), Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”). Doublet of brief.
词源 2
From French merise.
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