felicity

英 [fɪ'lɪsɪtɪ] 美 [fə'lɪsəti]

解释

※ 提供单词"felicity"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

felicity 幸福，喜悦，恰当，贴切

来自拉丁词根fe, 吮吸，吸奶，乳汁，词源同female, fecund. 原义为乳汁丰富的，引申词义多产，幸福，喜悦。后用于指语言的恰当，贴切，即使人满意。

felicity: felicity: [14] Felicity and its relatives felicitous [18] and felicitate [17] all come ultimately from Latin fēlīx. This originally meant ‘fruitful’ (it is probably related to English fecund and foetus) but by classical times had progressed semantically via ‘favourable, fortunate’ to ‘happy’.
=> fecund, foetus
felicity (n.): late 14c., "happiness; that which is a source of happiness," from Old French felicite "happiness" (14c.), from Latin felicitatem (nominative felicitas) "happiness, fertility," from felix (genitive felicis) "happy, fortunate, fruitful, fertile," from Latin root *fe-, equivalent of PIE *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle, produce, yield" (see fecund). Meaning "skillful adroitness, admirable propriety" is from c. 1600. A relic of Rome's origins as an agricultural community: that which brings happiness is that which produces crops. Compare pauper (see poor (adj.)) "poor, not wealthy," literally "producing little."

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1. Felicity Maxwell stood by the bar and ordered a glass of wine.: 费利西蒂·马克斯韦尔站在吧台旁，要了一杯红酒。

2. Did Laurie know something, and hold it over Felicity?: 劳丽是否知道点什么，并以此要挟费莉西蒂呢？