mirth

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /mɜːθ/    美 /mɜɹθ/|[mɝθ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter. uncountable,usually
    — But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
  2. That which causes merriment. uncountable,usually
    — Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.

词形变化

mirths plural

词汇关系

衍生词
mirthful mirthfully mirthfulness mirthless mirthlessly mirthlessness mirthquake mirthsome mirthy

词源

From Middle English merth, myrthe, murhthe, from Old English myrġþ (“mirth, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgiþu (“briefness, brevity”); equivalent to merry + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch merchte (“pleasure, joy, delight”).
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