joy 1 W3 / dʒɔɪ / 名词

1 [不可数名词] great happiness and pleasure :

the look of joy on her face

with/for joy

I leaped into the air with joy.

She wept for joy.

I didn’t exactly jump for joy (= I was not very pleased ) when I heard the news.

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Joy is used especially in literature. In everyday English, rather than say they did something with joy , people usually say that they were (really) pleased/happy/glad to do it:

Thank you for your letter. I was really pleased to get it.

2 [可数名词] something or someone that gives you happiness and pleasure

joy of

one of the joys of travelling alone

The garden was his pride and joy .

be a joy to watch/drive/use etc

The children’s singing was a joy to listen to.

3 no joy British English spoken if you have no joy, you do not succeed in getting something :

I phoned the pub, but no joy. The landlord didn’t know where she was.

COLLOCATIONS

短语

be filled with joy/be full of joy I was full of joy at the thought of seeing her again.

tears of joy She began to cry again, but they were tears of joy.

a feeling of joy A feeling of total joy swept over him.

a sense of joy I’ll never forget the sense of joy that day.

a look of joy There was a look of joy on their faces.

shouts/cries of joy They greeted each other with cries of joy.

形容词

great joy To her great joy, she became the mother of two beautiful baby girls.

pure/sheer/complete joy (= a lot of joy, not mixed with other feelings ) It was a moment of pure joy.

overwhelming joy formal (= very great joy ) She experienced a feeling of overwhelming joy.

true/real joy How can I find true joy in life?

动词

bring joy to somebody (= make someone feel joy ) Her children have brought her great joy.

give (somebody) joy His music has given people a lot of joy over the years.

feel/experience joy He had never felt the joy of watching the seasons come and go.

be jumping for joy (= be very pleased about something ) She tried to stay calm, but she was secretly jumping for joy.

express your joy (= show it ) They expressed their joy by jumping up and down and hugging each other.