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merry 音标拼音: [m'ɛri] a. 快乐的,愉快的,嬉戏作乐的 快乐的,愉快的,嬉戏作乐的 merry adj 1: full of or showing high- spirited merriment; " when hearts were young and gay"; " a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; " the jolly crowd at the reunion"; " jolly old Saint Nick"; " a jovial old gentleman"; " have a merry Christmas"; " peals of merry laughter"; " a mirthful laugh" [ synonym: { gay}, { jocund}, { jolly}, { jovial}, { merry}, { mirthful}] 2: offering fun and gaiety; " a festive ( or festal) occasion"; " gay and exciting night life"; " a merry evening" [ synonym: { gay}, { festal}, { festive}, { merry}] 3: quick and energetic; " a brisk walk in the park"; " a lively gait"; " a merry chase"; " traveling at a rattling rate"; " a snappy pace"; " a spanking breeze" [ synonym: { alert}, { brisk}, { lively}, { merry}, { rattling}, { snappy}, { spanking}, { zippy}] Merry \ Mer" ry\ ( m[ e^] r" r[ y^]), n. ( Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry. [ 1913 Webster]
Merry \ Mer" ry\, a. [ Compar. { Merrier}; superl. { Merriest}.] [ OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama[' u] rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the Anglo- Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of making the time seem short. Cf. { Mirth}.] 1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive. [ 1913 Webster] They drank, and were merry with him. -- Gen. xliii. 34. [ 1913 Webster] I am never merry when I hear sweet music. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. [ 1913 Webster] Is any merry? let him sing psalms. -- Jas. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry jest. " Merry wind and weather." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] { Merry dancers}. See under { Dancer}. { Merry men}, followers; retainers. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game and glee. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] { To make merry}, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. -- Judg. ix. 27. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious. [ 1913 Webster] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " merry": addled, animated, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, blithe, blithesome, boon, buoyant, buxom, carefree, carouse, celebrate, cheerful, cheery, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, delighted, dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, exhilarating, exuberant, far- gone, festal, festive, flustered, fou, frivolous, frolic, full, gala, gay, giddy, glad, gladsome, gleeful, glorious, happy, hilarious, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughter- loving, light- hearted, lighthearted, lively, mad, make merry, maudlin, mellow, merrymaking, mirth- loving, mirthful, muddled, nappy, on the loose, reeling, rejoicing, revel, riant, risible, shikker, sodden, sotted, sprightly, tiddly, tipsy, unconstrained, under the influence, vivacious, wild |
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