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bliss

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bliss /blɪs/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]  ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingperfect happiness or enjoyment 极乐,无上幸福,福佑,至福domestic/wedded/marital bliss six months of wedded bliss 婚后六个月的幸福生活 I didn’t have to get up till 11 – it was sheer bliss. 我可以睡到11点才起来,真幸福啊。
Examples from the Corpus
blissI left him, sunk in bliss, and busied myself in the kitchen.But then it's probably a case of ignorance is bliss.If you like fish, this menu is bliss.A feeling of bliss came over him as he fell asleep.That might yield a perverse bliss compared with his present adversity.Lying in the warm sun, listening to the sea was sheer bliss.Alas, such bliss costs several thousand dollars a month, out of range for most of us.The way home is warm bliss, drying off naturally.After what appeared to be nine years of wedded bliss, the couple has separated.The following 12 sun-filled days were bliss.domestic/wedded/marital blissTensions soon simmered beneath the impression of domestic harmony and marital bliss.I am not suggesting that shared parenting ensures marital bliss.However, June looks like being a month of domestic bliss with some happy twists of fate in store.In the credits, this was a nice comic moment, underpinning a scene of domestic bliss.After nine years of wedded bliss, .Certainly they now boasted insistently of the marital bliss of their daughter and the solid Civil Service progress of their son.It was a celebration not just of 25 years' wedded bliss, but also the modern Labour Party.
nBliss // trademark  na British monthly magazine for teenage girls. Its articles cover subjects such as cosmetics, fashion, pop groups, personal problems, and boys.Origin bliss Old English
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Corpus happiness or perfect enjoyment


Bliss
Bliss trademark
a British monthly magazine for teenage girls. Its articles cover subjects such as cosmetics, fashion, pop groups, personal problems, and boys.


bliss
bliss /blɪs/ noun [uncountable]
 Language: Old English
perfect happiness or enjoyment
    domestic/wedded/marital bliss
    six months of wedded bliss
    I didn’t have to get up till 11 – it was sheer bliss.
     
THESAURUS
■ great happiness
    joy especially written a feeling of great happiness: The sisters hugged and cried tears of joy. | It was a day of great joy for the whole town. | Most people would be jumping with joy.
    delight the feeling you have when you are very pleased and excited because something good has happened: They watched with delight as their new son started walking. | To her delight, she discovered the perfect wedding present.
    bliss a feeling of very great happiness and great pleasure – used when something has a great effect on your senses: Lying in the warm sun and listening to the sea felt like sheer bliss (=complete bliss). | Her idea of bliss is to be curled up on the sofa watching a romantic comedy with a big bowl of popcorn. | The happy couple looked a picture of domestic bliss.
    elation written a feeling of great happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something or something good has happened to you: As they reached the top, the climbers experienced a moment of elation. | Her mood suddenly changed from tears and misery to a feeling of elation.
    euphoria an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something, or because of the effects of a drug: The euphoria that new parents feel quickly changes to exhaustion. | The euphoria of Ireland’s amazing victory over England last Sunday has died away. | The drug produces a feeling of euphoria.
    ecstasy an extremely strong feeling of happiness and pleasure, especially sexual pleasure: It was a moment of sheer ecstacy (=complete ecstacy). | the ecstasy of their love-making


blissBrE /blɪs/ 🔊NAmE /blɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] extreme happiness 极乐married/wedded/domestic bliss 婚后的/家庭的幸福My idea of bliss is a month in the Bahamas. 我认为最大的幸福就是在巴哈马群岛住上一个月。🔊🔊Swimming on a hot day is sheer bliss. 热天游泳是天大的乐事。🔊🔊ˌignorance is ˈbliss(saying) if you do not know about sth, you cannot worry about it 无知是福;不知道心不烦Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts. 有些医生认为无知是福,因此不向病人透露全部病情。🔊🔊
blissBrE /blɪs/ 🔊NAmE /blɪs/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they bliss BrE /blɪs/ 🔊 NAmE /blɪs/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it blisses BrE /ˈblɪsɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblɪsɪz/ 🔊past simple blissed BrE /blɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /blɪst/ 🔊past participle blissed BrE /blɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /blɪst/ 🔊 -ing form blissing BrE /ˈblɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 ˌbliss ˈout (also be ˌblissed ˈout) to reach a state of perfect happiness, when you are not aware of anything else 欣喜若狂;乐不可支