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词汇 mirth
释义 mirth
noun[ U ]
 literaryuk /mɜːθ/ us /mɝːθ/
laughter, humour, or happiness: 欢笑;欢乐,高兴
Her impersonations of our teachers were a source of considerable mirth.她对老师们的模仿给大家带来了莫大的欢乐。
Synonyms
glee
hilarity
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Laughing and smiling
a gleam in your eyeidiom
amused
be all smilesidiom
be in convulsionsidiom
be rolling in the aislesidiom
be wreathed in smilesidiom
burst
crease
dissolve
gale
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper
smile

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Pleasure and happiness

mirth | American Dictionary


mirth
noun[ U ]
us/mɜrθ/
literature
laughter or amusement:
Chen could not contain his mirth.

Examples of mirth


mirth
Of course, this is a source of mirth for the audience.
Sound of mirth caused by one in drag with a bit of humour.
All this would certainly have provided matter for gossip and mirth.
Melancholy and gloom are to be avoided, as well as jollity and riotous mirth.
Bradford's account, not surprisingly, sees nothing ' ' harmless' ' in such ' ' mirth.
That is the first gleam of mirth that has appeared on his face since his troubles of last.
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I am reluctant to use the phrase "joined-up government"—it seems to cause mirth—but that is what is needed.
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But he still seems to treat these problems of industry with a certain amount of mirth and levity.
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Much of that evidence at times arouses mirth, but in general it has tended to arouse indignation.
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The idea of old-age pensioners being forced to subsidise other tenants is obviously a matter for considerable mirth.
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I imagined that some mirth might be generated by our differences of opinion.
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I will return to the reason for my mirth at that description later.
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Here, an absence of training is the norm, and the public's attitude to the security industry is a combination of mirth, hostility and indifference.
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My daughters found the hour set aside for the subject to be an hour for mirth rather than instruction.
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In last night's debate there was a good deal of mirth and serious evidence about the paper generated by the new higher education funding councils.
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