joy

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Joy is a feeling of great happiness. 高興
Salter shouted with joy. 索爾特高興地叫起來(lái)。
2. N-COUNT A joy is something or someone that makes you feel happy or gives you great pleasure. 使人高興的事; 使人高興的人
Spending evenings outside is one of the joys of summer. 在戶(hù)外消磨晚間時(shí)光是夏天的樂(lè)事之一。
3. PHRASE If you say that someone is jumping for joy, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something. 興高采烈
He jumped for joy on being told the news. 聽(tīng)到這個(gè)消息他興高采烈。

He cried for joy when he heard that his son had been found alive and well.
His poems reveal the duality of his nature , the joy and hope , the fear and despair .
Nearly every new parent feels an amalgam of joy and terror .
He was flooded with joy when his first child was born .
Her joy was palpable .