happiness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. uncountable
    — seek happiness
  2. Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing. archaic,uncountable
    — We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
  3. Good luck; good fortune. archaic,uncountable
    — All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.
  4. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language. countable,obsolete
    — Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.

词形变化

happinesses plural happinesse alternative,obsolete happyness alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
felicity blessedness bliss high spirits joy joyfulness joyousness pleasure blitheness blithesomeness cheerfulness cheeriness contentness contentedness delight delightedness elatedness elation exuberance exuberantness gaiety gayness gayfulness gladness gladsomeness glee gleefulness gleesomeness happiness hilarity jolliness jollity joviality jovialness liss merriment merriness mirth mirthfulness pleasedness
反义词
sadness
上位词
emotion
下位词
confelicity exultation jubilation pleasure
衍生词
bluebird of happiness double happiness gross national happiness happiness pump money can't buy happiness nonhappiness trigger-happiness unhappiness
相关词
happy

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kob-der.
Proto-Germanic *hampą
Old Norse happbor.
Middle English hap
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
Middle English happy
English happy
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English happiness
From happy + -ness.
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