dolce far niente

短语

n. <意>悠闲

发音

UK /ˌdɒltʃeɪ ˌfɑː nɪˈɛnteɪ/
US /ˌdoʊltʃeɪ ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnteɪ/
US /ˌdoʊltʃi ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnti/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.

    无所事事的快乐

    不可数

    1882, W. S. Gilbert, Iolanthe This gentleman is seen, / With a maid of seventeen, / A-taking of his dolce far niente; / And wonders he'd achieve, / For he asks us to believe / She's his mother—and he's nearly five-and-twenty!

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

idling idleness loafing

词源

Borrowed from Italian dolce far niente (literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”).

来源：wiktionary