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  • Conjugation : past  delighted ; pp  delighted ; ing  delighting
  • Derivatives : n  delighter ; adj  delightless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

delight [dɪ'laɪt]
  1. 1. noun [u] (feeling) 快乐
  2. 2. noun [c] (person, experience) 令人开心的人/事
  3. 3. vt. (please) 使快乐
  4. 4. vi. to delight in sth 以某事为乐
    to my delight...
    令我高兴的是...
    to take (a) delight in sth/doing sth
    以某事/做某事为乐
    she was a delight to interview
    采访她是一件乐事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

delight [dɪ 'laɪt] [dɪ 'laɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 使兴高采烈，使欣喜，使喜悦，悦（目）
    Her smile delights me.
    我喜欢看她笑。
    His poem delighted all of the audience.
    他的诗深受广大听众喜爱。
  2. 2. vi. 给人极大的欢乐（或愉快）
  3. 3. vi. 喜欢，喜爱，以…为乐；乐于（常与in或不定式连用）
  4. 4. noun 快乐，欢乐，愉快
    Their first son gave the family true delight.
    第一个儿子的诞生给他们全家人带来了无尽的喜悦。
  5. 5. noun 乐事；乐趣；乐处
    That opera was a real delight.
    那部歌剧真有意思。
    She said that the book she is reading is a great delight.
    她说她正在读的那本书非常有趣。
    He is delivering newspapers for his part-time job.
    他要去做送报纸的兼职工作。
    The store is delivering her computer on Monday.
    这家商店周一时会把她的电脑送过来。
  6. 6. noun [poem] 讨人喜欢

Collins English-English Dictionary

delight [dɪ'laɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to please greatly
  2. 2. vi. [intr; foll by in] to take great pleasure (in)
  3. 3. n extreme pleasure or satisfaction; joy
  4. 4. n something that causes this
    music was always his delight
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French delit, from deleitier to please, from Latin delectare, from delicere to allure, from de- + lacere to entice; see delicious; English spelling influenced by light
See more results for delight in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

an ecstasy of delight
欣喜若狂， → ecstasy
in a tremor of delight
兴奋得发抖 → tremor
wild with delight
欣喜若狂 → wild
That opera was a real delight.
那部歌剧真有意思。 → delight
She said that the book she is reading is a great delight.
她说她正在读的那本书非常有趣。 → delight
Their first son gave the family true delight.
第一个儿子的诞生给他们全家人带来了无尽的喜悦。 → delight
to my delight...
令我高兴的是... → delight
to take (a) delight in sth/doing sth
以某事/做某事为乐 → delight
she was a delight to interview
采访她是一件乐事 → delight
to feel giddy with excitement/delight
激动/高兴得晕头转向 → giddy
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