felicity

FREQ #8077

n. 快乐, 幸福, 幸运

发音

UK /fɪˈlɪsɪti/
US /fəˈlɪsəti/
US /-ɾi/

词形变化

felicities 复数 felicities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Happiness; (countable) an instance of this.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.

    得体

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.

    罕用 不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.

    不可数 语言学 可数

    The quotation was rendered with felicity.

  6. 6.

    Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility.

    不可数 金融 可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

happiness felicitousness

反义词 1

infelicity

上位词 2

spirit appropriateness

下位词 4

radiance blessedness beatification beatitude

词源

From Middle English felicite (“bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French felicité (modern French félicité (“bliss, happiness; felicity”)), from Latin fēlīcitātem, the accusative singular of fēlīcitās (“fertility, fruitfulness; happiness, felicity; good fortune; success”), from fēlīx (“happy; blessed, fortunate, lucky; fertile, fruitful; prosperous; auspicious, favourable”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”)) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)).

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