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单词 delight
释义
delight
noun[CorU]
uk
/dɪˈlaɪt/us
/dɪˈlaɪt/
B2
(something or someone that gives)greatpleasure,satisfaction, orhappiness:
欣喜；满足；惬意
My sister's littleboyis arealdelight.我姐姐的小男孩很招人喜欢。
Ireadyourletterwithgreatdelight.我非常愉快地读了你的来信。
Thechildrensquealedindelight when theysawall thepresentsunder theChristmastree.孩子们看到圣诞树下的各种礼物时兴奋地叫了起来。
Heseemstotakegreatdelightin(=enjoys)teasinghissister.他似乎觉得逗他妹妹玩很有趣。
the delights ofsomething
thepleasuresof something:
…的乐趣
We're justdiscoveringthe delights of beingretired.我们刚刚开始体会到退休后的种种乐趣。
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  • Heguffawedwith delight when heheardthenews.
  • Myinitialsurprisewassoonreplacedby delight.
  • The little dog'stailwaggedin delight.
  • Hereyesshonewith delight.
  • When hiswifeborehim achildhe could nothidehis delight.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pleasure and happiness
  • abandon
  • afterglow
  • beatitude
  • bed
  • bed of rosesidiom
  • delirium
  • exaltation
  • feast
  • felicity
  • for funphrase
  • fulfilment
  • fun
  • gaiety
  • goody
  • joy
  • joyfulness
  • joyousness
  • jubilation
  • like a dog with two tailsidiom
  • savour
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delight
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈlaɪt/us
/dɪˈlaɪt/
to give someonegreatpleasureorsatisfaction:
使高兴；使满足
Peter'sacademicsuccessdelighted hisfamily.彼得在学校里的良好表现让全家人感到高兴。
Opposite
displeaseformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing pleasure
  • agreeable
  • agreeableness
  • agreeably
  • all things to all peopleidiom
  • attractive
  • deliciously
  • delightful
  • delightfully
  • distraction
  • dosomeonethe world of goodidiom
  • homey
  • indulgent
  • indulgently
  • jovial
  • jovially
  • sensuous
  • sensuously
  • serendipitous
  • sweeten
  • ultra-civilized
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Phrasal verb

delight insomething
(Definition ofdelightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

delight| American Dictionary

delight
noun[C/U]
us
/dɪˈlɑɪt/
greatpleasure,satisfaction, orhappiness, or something or someone that gives this:
[C]My sister’s littleboyis arealdelight.
[U]Hismusicteacherexpresseddelight with hisperformance.
delight
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈlɑɪt/
to give someonegreatpleasureorsatisfaction:
Thesongsof countrypeople and ofsailorsdelight me.
Peter’ssuccessatcollegedelightedhisfamily.

Phrasal verb

delight insomething
(Definition ofdelightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdelight

delight
He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.
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I am always delighted when his poems catch the ' ' unevenness ' ' of the flow of day.
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After observing the novel actions, the children delighted in performing them repeatedly to the exclusion of the familiar actions.
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The local intendent was delighted : although he had already built two special coaches to carry the ill, he happily accepted another.
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Rather than delighting in an arrested infancy, he was bristling with the violence of undirected and unloved adolescence.
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Seeing the large and extremely interested crowds thrilled and delighted me.
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The lad, nothing loath, would declaim before them, more often than not in a mock heroic strain that greatly delighted his workmates.
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The teachers, few of whom have done any formal linguistics, have also been delighted to find that they know more than they knew.
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Readers will be exasperated or delighted by the introductory section.
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I was also delighted to find a satisfactory increase in legibility through a sharper type face and daring use of blacker ink!
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I would be delighted to receive additional suggestions and to react to proposals.
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Colleagues will probably find that the volume delights and infuriates, enlightens and obfuscates, in equal measure.
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His book is intellectually stimulating; he delights in seizing an idea and worrying at it, like a cat toying with a mouse.
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Towns were delighted by this trend as it gave them more authority and greater protection from the illegal encroachments of county justices.
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How sad that we shall have no more delights from this livelyminded, erudite and cultured historian.
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