• n. 歡樂，快樂；樂趣；高興
• vi. 欣喜，歡喜
• vt. 高興，使快樂

來自古法語(yǔ)joie,來自拉丁語(yǔ)gaudium,歡樂，愉悅，詞源同enjoy,gaudy.

joy

joy: [13] Latin gaudēre meant ‘rejoice’ (it came from a prehistoric base *gāu-, which also produced Greek gēthein ‘rejoice’). From it was derived the noun gaudium ‘joy’, which passed into English via Old French joye. From the same source come English enjoy and rejoice. The use of joystick for the ‘control stick of an aircraft’ (perhaps inspired by an earlier slang sense ‘penis’) dates from around 1910.
=> enjoy, rejoice

joy (n.)

c. 1200, "feeling of pleasure and delight;" c. 1300, "source of pleasure or happiness," from Old French joie (11c.), from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium "joy," from gaudere "rejoice," from PIE root *gau- "to rejoice" (cognates: Greek gaio "I rejoice," Middle Irish guaire "noble"). Joy-riding is American English, 1908.

1. It was a joy to see. It really made my day.

這太有趣了，真的把我高興壞了。

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2. Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty.

格雷戈里仍為香農(nóng)的朝氣、快樂和美麗著迷。

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3. He jumped for joy on being told the news.

得知這個(gè)消息，他高興得手舞足蹈。

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4. There was unrestrained joy on the faces of the people.

人們的臉上洋溢著無(wú)盡的歡樂。

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5. Childhood had less freedom and joy than we sentimentally attribute to it.

童年并非像我們現(xiàn)在一廂情愿所認(rèn)為的那樣自在快樂。

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