英汉词典

happy 基本解释

• adj. 幸福的；高兴的；巧妙的
• n. (Happy)人名；(英、瑞典、喀)哈皮

happy 词态变化

happy 中文词源

来自hap,发生，运气，机会。即运气好的，引申词义高兴的。

happy 英文词源

happy

happy: [14] The Old and Middle English word for ‘happy’ was what in modern English has become silly. This began to change its meaning around the 15th century, and obviously an opportunity began to open up for an adjective expressing ‘contentment’ (as opposed to positive ‘joy’, denoted then by glad, fain, and joyful). The gap was partly filled by a weakening in the meaning of glad, but waiting in the wings was happy, a derivative of the noun hap ‘chance, luck’ (source of happen), which when it was coined in the 14th century meant ‘lucky, fortunate, prosperous’.

The main modern sense ‘highly pleased or contented’ developed in the early 16th century.
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happy (adj.)

late 14c., "lucky, favored by fortune, being in advantageous circumstances, prosperous;" of events, "turning out well," from hap (n.) "chance, fortune" + -y (2). Sense of "very glad" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "greatly pleased and content" is from 1520s. Old English had eadig (from ead "wealth, riches") and gesælig, which has become silly. Old English 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."

Happy medium "the golden mean" is from 1702. Happy ending in the literary sense recorded from 1756. 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. Happy hunting ground, the reputed Indian paradise, is attested from 1840, American English. Happy day for "wedding day" is by 1739; happy hour for "early evening period of discount drinks and free hors-d'oeuvres at a bar" is by 1961, said to be 1950s. Related: Happier; happiest.

happy (adv.)

late 14c., from happy (adj.).

happy 词组搭配

happy 英文释义

1. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune;

"a happy smile"

"spent many happy days on the beach"

"a happy marriage"

2. experiencing pleasure or joy;

"happy you are here"

"pleased with the good news"

3. marked by good fortune;

"a felicitous life"

"a happy outcome"

4. satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment;

"felt content with her lot"

"quite happy to let things go on as they are"

5. exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

6. well expressed and to the point;

"a happy turn of phrase"

"a few well-chosen words"

"a felicitous comment"

happy 同义词解析

favourable, fortunate, happy, lucky

这些形容词都可表示"有利的，好运的，顺利的"之意

favourable： 普通用词，指预示从良好的结果中能得到明显好处，有利于达到目的。

fortunate： 指目前已存在的成功或有利情况，或指因好运或机会带来的成功和喜悦。

happy： 侧重指不是通过某种机会，而是凭借鉴另和选择手段而得到利益与好处。有时也指偶然得到的好处，但强调的是有利的结果。

lucky： 多指偶然机遇中的有利或幸运情况。

happy, glad, cheerful, joyful, merry, delightful, gay, pleasant, nice, jolly, agreeable

这些形容词均含"愉快的，高兴的"之意。

happy： 侧重感到满足、幸福或高兴。

glad： 最普通用词，语气较弱，表示礼貌的惯用语。指乐于做某事或因某事而感到满足，常表愉快的心情。

cheerful： 多指因内心的愉快而表现出兴高采烈，是强调而自然的感情流露。

joyful： 语气较强，强调心情或感情上的欣喜。

merry： 指精神情绪的暂时高涨，表示欢乐、愉快的心境或情景，侧重充满欢笑声和乐趣。

delightful： 指能带来强烈的快乐，激起愉快的情感，用于非常愉快的场合。

gay： 侧重无忧无虑、精神昂扬、充满生命的快乐。

pleasant： 侧重给人以"赏心悦目"或"愉快的，宜人的"感受。

nice： 语气较温和，泛指任何愉快或满意的感觉。

jolly： 通俗用词，多指充满快乐与喜悦的神情。

agreeable： 指与感受者的愿望、情趣或受好等和谐一致而带来的心情上的快意。

happy 双语例句

1. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.

如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。

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2. He was so happy communing with the dolphin in Dingle Bay.

他在丁格尔湾与海豚交流的时候特别开心。

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3. Like the best stories, this one may yet have a happy end.

就像最精彩的故事那样，这个故事也许仍会有个美好的结局。

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4. Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.

一些外国政府似乎很乐于掩盖不断出现的侵犯人权现象。

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5. I wasn't too happy with what I'd written so far.

我对于目前已写完的这些并不太满意。

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happy 实用场景例句

[不可数名词]to find true happiness

寻找真正的幸福

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That wasn't the happiest choice of words.

那样的措辞并不是十分恰当。

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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。

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By a happy coincidence , we arrived at exactly the same time.

碰巧运气好，我们刚好同时到达。

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He will be more than happy to come with us.

他巴不得和我们一起来。

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I'm happy to leave it till tomorrow.

我愿意把它留到明天再做。

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I said I'd go just to keep him happy .

我说过我要去只是为了让他高兴。

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I'm not too happy about her living alone.

我不太放心让她一个人住。

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She was happy enough with her performance.

她对于自己的表现还算满意。

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I'm not happy with his work this term.

我对他这学期的表现不满意。

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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。

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Are you happy with that arrangement?

你对这一安排感到满意吗？

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Those were the happiest days of my life.

那是我一生中最幸福的一段时光。

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The story has a happy ending .

故事的结局很圆满。

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a happy marriage/memory/childhood

幸福的婚姻 / 回忆 / 童年

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I'm very happy for you.

我真为你感到高兴。

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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。

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You don't look very happy today.

你今天好像不太高兴。

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a happy smile/face

快活的微笑 / 面容

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By happy coincidence, Robert met Richard and Julia and discovered they were experiencing similar problems.

幸运的是，罗伯特碰巧遇到了理查德和朱莉娅，发现原来他们也碰到了类似的问题。

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Happy Easter!

复活节快乐！

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Happy Birthday!...

生日快乐！

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That's a risk I'm happy to take.

我愿意冒这个险。

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I'll be happy to answer any questions if there are any...

如果有问题，我很乐意回答。

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He's happy that I deal with it myself...

我自己把事情解决了，对此他很满意。

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If you are not happy about a repair, go back and complain...

如果你对修理效果不满意，可以再找他们投诉。

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It had always been a happy place...

这里从前一直是个令人愉快的地方。

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Except for her illnesses, she had had a particularly happy childhood...

除了体弱多病外，她的童年特别幸福。

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I'm just happy to be back running...

我很高兴能重新回到跑道上。

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Marina was a confident, happy child...

玛丽娜是个自信、快乐的孩子。

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