The flashcard defines "joy" as a feeling of great happiness (uncountable), or something or someone that brings happiness (countable). It also notes that "joy" can refer to success or luck, especially in negative contexts, and includes the idiom "jumping for joy".
The flashcard defines "joy" as a feeling of great happiness (uncountable), or something or someone that brings happiness (countable). It also notes that "joy" can refer to success or luck, especially in negative contexts, and includes the idiom "jumping for joy".
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]欢欣;愉快;喜悦Joy is a feeling of great happiness.
Salter shouted with joy.
索尔特欣喜地叫喊着。
...tears of joy.
喜悦的泪水
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]令人高兴的事(或人);乐事;乐趣 A joy is something or someone that makes you feel happy or gives you great pleasure.
[with supp]
One can never learn all there is to know about cooking, and that is one of the joys of being a chef...
钻研烹饪之道是永无止境的,这也是当厨师的乐趣之一。
It was a joy to see her looking so well.
看到她气色这么好真叫人高兴。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]成功;好运 If you get no joy, you do not have success or luck in achieving what you are trying to do.
[with brd-neg]
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
They expect no joy from the vote itself...
他们对投票本身不抱任何希望。
If you don't get any joy, get in touch with your local councillor.
如果你没得到任何结果,请和本地议员联系。
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[PHRASE 短语]欢欣鼓舞;欣喜若狂 If you say that someone is jumping for joy, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.
[V inflects]
He jumped for joy on being told the news.
得知这个消息,他高兴得手舞足蹈。
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one's pride and joy→see:
pride
;
Oxford
joy★/dʒɔɪ; NAmEdʒɔɪ/noun1★[uncountable ]a feeling of great happiness 高兴;愉快;喜悦SYN
delight
◆the sheer joy of being with her again与她重逢的无比喜悦之情◆to dance for/with joy高兴得跳起舞来◆I didn't expect them to jump for joyat the news (= to be very pleased).没想到他们听到这消息高兴得跳了起来。◆To his great joy, she accepted.使他感到非常高兴的是她接受了。☞synonyms at
pleasure
2[countable ]a person or thing that causes you to feel very happy 令人高兴的人(或事);乐事;乐趣◆the joys of fatherhood做父亲的乐趣◆The game was a joy to watch.这比赛看起来真开心。3[uncountable ]BrEinformalin questions and negative sentences 用于疑问句和否定句success or satisfaction 成功;满意;满足◆We complained about our rooms but got no joy from the manager.我们抱怨房间不好,经理却不理会。◆‘Any joy at the shops?’ ‘No, they didn't have what I wanted.’“逛商店有收获吗?”“没有,哪里都没有我想要的。”IDIOMfull of the joys of ˈspringvery cheerful 快活极了;非常愉快;活泼愉快☞more at
pride
n.joyjoysjoyedjoyingjoy/dʒɔɪ; NAmEdʒɔɪ/
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joy1 noun
joy2 verb
joyjoy1 /dʒɔɪ/ ●●●W3 noun
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1[uncountable] great happiness and pleasure: the look of joy on her facewith/for joy I leaped into the air with joy. She wept for joy. I didn’t exactly jump for joy (=I was not very pleased) when I heard the news.► see thesaurus at
pleasure
RegisterJoy is used especially in literature. In everyday English, rather than say they did something with joy, people usually say that they were (really) pleased/happy/glad to do it:· Thank you for your letter. I was really pleased to get it.2[countable] something or someone that gives you happiness and pleasurejoy of one of the joys of travelling alone The garden was his pride and joy.be a joy to watch/drive/use etc The children’s singing was a joy to listen to.3no joy British English spoken if you have no joy, you do not succeed in getting something: I phoned the pub, but no joy. The landlord didn’t know where she was.COLLOCATIONSphrasesbe filled with joy/be full of joy· I was full of joy at the thought of seeing her again.tears of joy· She began to cry again, but they were tears of joy.a feeling of joy· A feeling of total joy swept over him.a sense of joy· I’ll never forget the sense of joy that day.a look of joy· There was a look of joy on their faces.shouts/cries of joy· They greeted each other with cries of joy.adjectivesgreat joy· To her great joy, she became the mother of two beautiful baby girls.pure/sheer/complete joy (=a lot of joy, not mixed with other feelings)· It was a moment of pure joy.overwhelming joy formal (=very great joy)· She experienced a feeling of overwhelming joy.true/real joy· How can I find true joy in life?verbsbring joy to somebody (=make someone feel joy)· Her children have brought her great joy.give (somebody) joy· His music has given people a lot of joy over the years.feel/experience joy· He had never felt the joy of watching the seasons come and go.be jumping for joy (=be very pleased about something)· She tried to stay calm, but she was secretly jumping for joy.express your joy (=show it)· They expressed their joy by jumping up and down and hugging each other.
joy1 noun
joy2 verb
joyjoy2 verb [intransitive] literary
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to be happy because of something
WDF
joy
[dʒɔɪ]joyed, joying, joys
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喜悦(35%),高兴(28%),欢乐(27%),乐趣(10%)
n.欢乐,快乐;乐趣;高兴
vi.欣喜,欢喜
vt.高兴,使快乐
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