amusement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Entertainment. uncountable
    — To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it.
  2. An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing. countable
    — "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."

词形变化

amusements plural

词汇关系

近义词
recreation
衍生词
amusement arcade amusement park amusement ride antiamusement

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Old French a-
Old French muser
Old French amuser
Middle French amuser
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -ment
Middle French -ment
Middle French amusementbor.
English amusement
Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment.
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