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单词 mirth
释义
mirth
noun[U]
literary
uk
/mɜːθ/us
/mɝːθ/
laughter,humour, orhappiness:
欢笑；欢乐，高兴
Her impersonations ofourteacherswere asourceofconsiderablemirth.她对老师们的模仿给大家带来了莫大的欢乐。
Synonyms
glee
hilarity
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Laughing and smiling
  • amused
  • be all smilesidiom
  • be in convulsionsidiom
  • be rolling in the aislesidiom
  • be wreathed in smilesidiom
  • bust
  • gale
  • gales of laughteridiom
  • giggle
  • giggler
  • giggly
  • grin
  • quake
  • say cheeseidiom
  • simper
  • smile
  • smiley
  • smiling
  • smilingly
  • stitch
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Pleasure and happiness
(Definition ofmirthfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mirth| American Dictionary

mirth
noun[U]
us
/mɜrθ/
literature
laughteroramusement:
Chen could notcontainhis mirth.
(Definition ofmirthfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmirth

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Of course, this is a source ofmirthfor the audience.
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Sound ofmirthcaused by one in drag with a bit of humour.
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All this would certainly have provided matter for gossip andmirth.
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Melancholy and gloom are to be avoided, as well as jollity and riotousmirth.
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Bradford's account, not surprisingly, sees nothing ' ' harmless' ' in such ' 'mirth.
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That is the first gleam ofmirththat has appeared on his face since his troubles of last.
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I am reluctant to use the phrase "joined-up government"—it seems to causemirth—but that is what is needed.
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But he still seems to treat these problems of industry with a certain amount ofmirthand levity.
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Much of that evidence at times arousesmirth, but in general it has tended to arouse indignation.
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The idea of old-age pensioners being forced to subsidise other tenants is obviously a matter for considerablemirth.
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I imagined that somemirthmight be generated by our differences of opinion.
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I will return to the reason for mymirthat that description later.
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Here, an absence of training is the norm, and the public's attitude to the security industry is a combination ofmirth, hostility and indifference.
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My daughters found the hour set aside for the subject to be an hour formirthrather than instruction.
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In last night's debate there was a good deal ofmirthand serious evidence about the paper generated by the new higher education funding councils.
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