Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2881
joy
/dʒɔɪ/
verb
感到高兴;欣喜
to feel joy; rejoice
- 1.
To feel joy, to rejoice.
感到喜悦,欢欣。
- 2.
feel happiness or joy
感到幸福或喜悦
感到喜悦,欢欣。;感到幸福或喜悦;使快乐;令人高兴;欢喜
In use
He joyed in the simple pleasures of life.
She joyed at the news of her promotion.
They joyed together as a family on vacation.
Verb forms
base joy · third person joys · -ing joying · past joyed · past participle joyed
规则动词,加-ed和-ing。
Connections
Collocations
- joy in something
- 因……而欣喜;以……为乐
- She joyed in the simple pleasures of country life.她因乡村生活中简单的快乐而欣喜。
Idioms & figurative uses
- pride and joy
- 最引以为豪的人或事物Their daughter is their pride and joy.他们的女儿是他们的骄傲和幸福。
- jump for joy
- 高兴得跳起来;欢呼雀跃The children jumped for joy when they saw the snow.孩子们看到雪时欢呼雀跃。
- tears of joy
- 喜悦的泪水She couldn't hold back tears of joy at the graduation ceremony.她在毕业典礼上忍不住流下了喜悦的泪水。
Synonyms
- rejoice
- 感到欣喜;欢庆 · 最接近 joy 的常用同义词,较为正式;可单独使用,也可接 at/in/over。现代英语中比 joy 作动词更常见。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 joy 看作 enjoy 里的核心:enjoy 中藏着 joy,享受时的心情就是 joy(欣喜)。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:literary prose and poetry、formal or solemn written contexts 动词 joy 在现代英语里较少见,多用于文学、诗歌或较庄重的书面语;日常交流更常说 feel joy 或 rejoice。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 joy /dʒɔɪ/ 押韵,都含相同的 /ɔɪ/ 音:toy, boy, enjoy, employ, annoy, deploy。注意不要被拼写误导:joke /dʒoʊk/、jolly /ˈdʒɒli/ 虽以 jo- 开头,但发音并不与 joy 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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