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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary hap·py (hap·pi·er ; -est) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from hap DATE 14th century 1. favored by luck or fortune : fortunate a happy coincidence 2. notably fitting, effective, or well adapted : felicitous a happy choice 3. a. enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment is the happiest person I know a happy childhood b. expressing, reflecting, or suggestive of happiness a happy ending c. glad , pleased I'm happy to meet you d. having or marked by an atmosphere of good fellowship : friendly a happy office 4. a. characterized by a dazed irresponsible state a punch-happy boxer b. impulsively or obsessively quick to use or do something trigger-happy c. enthusiastic about something to the point of obsession :obsessed education-conscious and statistic-happy — Helen Rowen Synonyms: see lucky , fit English Etymology happy mid-14c., "lucky," from hap "chance, fortune" (see haphazard), sense of "very glad" first recorded late 14c. Ousted O.E. eadig(from ead "wealth, riches") and gesælig, which has become silly. O.E. bliðe "happy" survives as blithe. From Greek to Irish, a great majority of the European words for "happy" at first meant "lucky." An exception is Welsh, where the word used first meant "wise." Used in World War II and after as a suffix (e.g. bomb-happy, flak-happy) expressing "dazed or frazzled from stress." Happy hour"early evening period of discount drinks and free hors-d'oeuvres at a bar" is first recorded 1961. Happy-go-lucky is from 1670s. Happy as a clam (1630s) was originally happy as a clam in the mud at high tide, when it can't be dug up and eaten. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ happy happy / 5hApi / adjective(hap·pier, hap·pi·est) FEELING / GIVING PLEASURE 感到/给予快乐 1. ~ (to do sth) | ~ (for sb) | ~ (that...) feeling or showing pleasure; pleased 感到(或显得)快乐的；高兴的: a happy smile / face 快活的微笑/面容 You don't look very happy today. 你今天好像不太高兴。 We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter. 我们高兴地宣布,我们的女儿已订婚。 I'm very happy for you. 我真为你感到高兴。 ⇨ note at glad 2. giving or causing pleasure 给予(或带来)快乐的；使人高兴的；幸福的: a happy marriage / memory / childhood 幸福的婚姻/回忆/童年 The story has a happy ending. 故事的结局很圆满。 Those were the happiest days of my life. 那是我一生中最幸福的一段时光。 AT CELEBRATION 祝贺 3. if you wish sb a Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, etc. you mean that you hope they have a pleasant celebration (表示祝愿,如 Happy Birthday 生日快乐、Happy New Year 新年好等) SATISFIED 满意 4. ~ (with / about sb / sth) satisfied that sth is good or right; not anxious (对某人或事物)满意的,放心的: Are you happy with that arrangement? 你对这一安排感到满意吗？ If there's anything you're not happy about, come and ask. 你如果有什么不满意的,来说一声。 I'm not happy with his work this term. 我对他这学期的表现不满意。 She was happy enough with her performance. 她对于自己的表现还算满意。 I'm not too happy about her living alone. 我不太放心让她一个人住。 I said I'd go just to keep him happy. 我说过我要走就是为了让他高兴。 WILLING 情愿 5. ~ to do sth (formal) willing or pleased to do sth 情愿,乐意(做某事): I'm happy to leave it till tomorrow. 我愿意把它留到明天再做。 He will be more than happy to come with us. 他巴不得和我们一起来。 LUCKY 幸运 6. lucky; successful 幸运的；成功的 SYN fortunate :
By a happy coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time. 碰巧运气好,我们恰恰同时到达。 He is in the happy position of never having to worry about money. 他运气真好,从来不用为金钱操心。 SUITABLE 合适 7. (formal) (of words, ideas or behaviour 言语、思想或行为) suitable and appropriate for a particular situation 合适的；恰当的: That wasn't the happiest choice of words. 那样的措辞并不是十分恰当。 • hap·pi·ness noun [U] : to find true happiness 寻找真正的幸福 Her eyes shone with happiness. 她双眼闪烁着幸福的光芒。 ⇨ note at satisfaction IDIOMS ▪ a 7happy e'vent the birth of a baby (生孩子)喜事 ▪ a / the happy 'medium something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing sth 折衷办法 ▪ not a 7happy 'bunny (BrE) (NAmE not a 7happy 'camper) (informal) not pleased about a situation 对境况不满意: She wasn't a happy bunny at all. 她一点儿都不满意。 ▪ many happy re'turns (of the 'day) used to wish sb a happy and pleasant birthday (生日祝福)生日快乐,长命百岁 ⇨ more at mean n. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English happy adj. 1 feeling pleasure VERBS appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound Outwardly the couple appeared happy. Andrew felt happier than he had been for a long time. | become | make sb Money won't make you happy. | keep sb He went home from time to time, to keep his mother happy. ADV. extremely, only too, particularly, really, very We'd be only too happy to accept your invitation. | completely, perfectly, quite Mum seemed perfectly happy with my explanation. | genuinely, truly For the first time in her life, she felt truly happy. | far from, not altogether, not at all, not entirely, not exactly, not particularly, not too, not totally Her boss was not entirely happy about the situation. | fairly, pretty, reasonably, relatively | just I'm just happy to be back home. | absurdly, amazingly, blissfully, deliriously, ecstatically, radiantly, ridiculously, strangely, surprisingly | clearly, obviously PREP. about I'm not too happy about her attitude. | for So you're getting married, I hear. I'm really happy for you! | with I was quite happy with the way things went. 2 giving pleasure VERBS be, seem ADV. extremely, gloriously, particularly, very, wonderfully It had been a gloriously happy time. | quite Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: LUCKY , fortunate, providential, ||sonsy, well Related Words: accidental, casual, fortuitous, incidental; opportune, seasonable, timely Antonyms: unhappy 2 Synonyms: FIT 1, appropriate, apt, befitting, felicitous, fitting, just, meet, proper, suitable Related Words: effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient; cogent, convincing, telling; pat, seasonable, well-timed; correct, nice, right Antonyms: unhappy 3 Synonyms: GLAD 1, joyful, joyous, lighthearted Related Words: content, contented, satisfied Antonyms: unhappy; disconsolate Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged hap·py I. \ˈhapē, -pi\ adjective (usually -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, from hap, happe hap + -y — more at hap 1. : favored by luck or fortune : fortunate , prosperous , propitious , favorable < perennially happy dice should be inspected to discover whether they are loaded — J.R.Newman > < scientific discoveries … seem to drop out of the blue, the gift of happy chance — Lamp > < they experiment in color … with results sometimes happy, sometimes disastrous — Roger Fry > 2. : notably well adapted or fitting : markedly effective : apt , felicitous , appropriate , just < he will seek to establish by law the happy mean — G.L.Dickinson > < the happy diction, and the graceful phrase — E.G.Bulwer-Lytton > < the passage in the finale was particularly happy — Virgil Thomson > < television is an especially happy medium — Irving Kolodin > < the attendants had a happy thought — Jeremiah Dowling > 3. a. : having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being < would forbid any novelist to represent a good man as ever miserable or a wicked man as ever happy — Havelock Ellis > b. : characterized or attended by happiness : expressing, reflecting, or suggestive of happiness : not tragic : pleasant , joyous < the happy years of childhood > < a happy family life > < a book with a happy ending > < it had been a merciful passing, even a happy one — S.H.Adams > < the happy noises of prolonged mastication — C.H.Rickword > < paints a happy picture of rural life > < past happy brooks flashing to the sun — G.D.Brown > c. : glad , pleased < I am happy to meet you > < I would be happy for the president to declare his policy — Time> d. : having or marked by an atmosphere of good fellowship or camaraderie : harmonious , congenial , friendly < sailormen prefer a happy to a taut ship, where strict discipline is the only diet — A.R.Griffin > < I know that they will find … a happy welcome on the Canadian shore — F.D.Roosevelt > < its happy industrial relations and the loyal spirit of its workers — Sam Pollock > 4. obsolete : blessed 5. : having a feeling of well-being as a result of drink < came home a bit happy > 6. a. : characterized by a dazed irresponsible state — used as a terminal element in combination with the cause of the condition indicated < a punch-happy prizefighter > < the gold-happy miners decided to have a horse race — J.A.Michener > b. : impulsively, nervously, or obsessively quick to use something— used as a terminal element in combinations with the object indicated < they'll be gun-happy and … let go at anything that moves — William Wright > < trigger-happy soldiers > c. : enthusiastic to the point of obsession : obsessed — used as a terminal element in combinations with the object of the feeling indicated < I know your type … publicity-happy — Ellery Queen > < that guy is stripe-happy — Norman Mailer > < sailor-happy girls who move around after the fleet — Katharine T. Kinkead > Synonyms: see fit , glad , lucky II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) now dialect : to make happy < it don't happy me up any — Howard Troyer > |
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