| 单词 | light-hearted |
| 释义 | light-hearted, a.
1. Having a light heart; not oppressed by care or sorrow; cheerful, gay.
a1400–50Alexander 2814, I sall leue & be lechid, forþi be liȝt-herted. 1530Palsgr. 317/1 Lyght herted or mery, alaigre. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. xiii. (1840) 279, I was now light-hearted. 1784Cowper Task iv. 12 He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful. 1817Moore Lalla R. (1824) 215 Light-hearted maid. 1859W. Collins Q. of Hearts (1862) 58 Mrs. K. began to make jokes about it, in her lighthearted way.
2. Proceeding from a light heart.
1841James Brigand i, The light-hearted song in the porch. 1891T. K. Cheyne Psalter vi. 290 The light-hearted freedom of antiquity.
Hence light-ˈheartedly adv., light-ˈheartedness.
1826Longfellow in Life (1891) I. vii. 89 The joy and light⁓heartedness which a foot-traveller feels. 1847De Quincey Sp. Mil. Nun Wks. 1862 III. 14 As light-heartedly as the Duke. 1882Macm. Mag. XLVI. 207/1 He considers light⁓heartedness, and a turn for making the best of things, as a proof of intellectual strength. 1897Maude Voluntary v. Compulsory Service 131 Those who..would now light⁓heartedly plunge us into war with the whole of Europe. |
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