blithe
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源自中古英语 blithe (“高兴的，开心的；使人愉快的；温柔的；大方仁慈的；闪亮的；美丽的”) [以及其他形式]，[1]源自古英语 blīþe (“高兴的”)，源自原始西日耳曼语 *blīþī，源自原始日耳曼语 *blīþiz (“友善的；温柔的；使人愉快的”)，源自原始印欧语 *bʰlī- (“好；轻；愉”)，源自原始印欧语 *bʰel- (“亮；白”)。[2]
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blithe (比较级 blither，最高级 blithest)
- 无所谓的，漫不经心的
- She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
- 她对美国以外的文化毫不在意。
- (主要用于苏格兰，除此以外过时或书面) 开心的，愉快的
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Titus Andronicus
- a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, 出自 Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], 出版于 1646, →OCLC，页号 31:
- There on Beds of Violets blew,
And freſh-blown Roſes waſht in dew,
Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair,
So buckſom, blith, and debonair.- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC，行号s 610–613:
- For that fair femal Troop thou ſawſt, that ſeemd
Of Goddeſſes, ſo blithe, ſo ſmooth, ſo gay,
Yet empty of good wherein conſiſts,
Womans domeſtic honour and chief praiſe; […]- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- Template:RQ:Homer Pope et al Odyssey
- Template:RQ:Scott Marmion
- Template:RQ:Scott Old Mortality
- Template:RQ:Shelley Prometheus Unbound
- Template:RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol
- 1876 June, Mark Twain, “The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut”, 出自 The Atlantic[1]:
- I was feeling blithe, almost jocund.
- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- Template:RQ:Hardy Tess
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- blythe (弃用)
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- ↑ “blīthe, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ 对比“blithe, adj., n., and adv.”, OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1887; “blithe, adj.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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源自中古英语 blithe，源自古英语 blīþe，源自原始西日耳曼语 *blīþī，源自原始日耳曼语 *blīþiz。同源词有丹麦语 blid、荷兰语 blij、冰岛语 blíður。对比英语 bliss。