blithe
/blaɪð/
- adj.
- 愉快的，高兴的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年
blithe‘glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair’
继承
- 英语English
blithe
词源说明
From Middle English blithe (“glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair”) [and other forms], from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþī, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (“friendly; gentle, mild; pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlī- (“fine; light; pleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bliede (“glad, cheerful, merry”), West Frisian bliid (“cheerful, glad”), Dutch blij (“happy”), German Low German blied (“happy, lucky”).
释义
形容词adjective
- 1Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
- 2chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literaryCheerful, happy.
- 3obsoleteFair