delightful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·light·ful /dɪˈlaɪtfəl/ ●○○ adjective NICEvery pleasant 令人愉快的，讨人喜欢的 a delightful little girl 讨人喜欢的小女孩 The whole house is delightful. 整幢房子舒适宜人。► see thesaurus at nice —delightfully adverb a movie that’s full of delightfully comic moments 一部充满愉快喜剧场景的影片
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delightful• Phil sent us this delightful centrefold of star columnists Rob Beattie and Ken Kessler.• This delightful Chianti has complex black cherry and herb flavors.• The Country Club has only recently been expanded to incorporate even more amenities ... a delightful children's pool.• But at last the setting sun warned them the delightful day was over.• His pleasant appearance and delightful manner conceal bad motives.• This mediumbodied Chianti with pleasing black cherry and herb flavors would be a delightful match with grilled hamburgers.• A simple salad and fresh bread can make a delightful meal.• There's a delightful moment towards the end of the film, when they see each other briefly again.• The principle was exactly the same and, because of its delightful simplicity, it was rapidly adopted.• They make a delightful, spontaneously spellbound audience, to whom one could show history unfolding as if with a magic lantern.• Their new house is delightful, very spacious and light.• a delightful young mande·light·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus pleasant very
delightful
de‧light‧ful /dɪˈlaɪtfəl/
adjective
very pleasant:
a delightful little girl
The whole house is delightful.
—delightfully adverb:
a movie that’s full of delightfully comic moments
■ describing something you like or enjoy
▪nice especially spoken pleasant or enjoyable: Did you have a nice day? | It was nice to be back home again.
▪lovely especially British English informal very nice: We had a lovely time at the beach. | The hotel was lovely.
▪fun informal if something is fun, you enjoy it: The holiday was great fun.
▪enjoyable giving you pleasure: We had a very enjoyable evening.
▪wonderful very enjoyable: It was a wonderful concert. | The food was wonderful.
▪great (also brilliant British English) informal very enjoyable: ‘How was the party?’ ‘It was great!’ | We all had a brilliant time.
▪charming used about something that seems pleasant and has a lot of qualities that make you like it: a charming little village in the Italian countryside | I thought the restaurant was rather charming.
▪delightful formal very pleasant or enjoyable: There are many delightful walks in the area. | a delightful evening
▪pleasurable formal a pleasurable experience or feeling is one that you enjoy: Shopping in the old city can be a pleasurable experience. | a pleasurable feeling of relief
de‧light‧ful /dɪˈlaɪtfəl/
adjectivevery pleasant:
—delightfully adverb:
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wonderful that you enjoy very much; that gives you great pleasure; extremely good 指使人愉快的、令人高兴的、精彩的、绝妙的 ：◆ We had a wonderful time last night. 我们昨天晚上过得非常愉快。 ◆ The weather was absolutely wonderful. 天气好极了。 lovely ( that you enjoy very much; that gives you great pleasure; very attractiverather
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BrE 指令人愉快的、有吸引力的、迷人的 ：◆ What a lovely day! (= the weather is very good )多么好的天气啊！ ◆ It's been lovely having you here. 有你在这儿真是太好了。 delightful that gives you great pleasure; very attractive 指令人愉快的、宜人的 ：◆ a delightful little fishing village 宜人的小渔村
wonderful, lovely or delightful? 用 wonderful、lovely 还是 delightful？
All these words can describe times, events, places, sights, feelings and the weather. Wonderful can also describe a chance or ability.Lovely is the most frequent in spoken British English, but in North American Englishwonderful is the most frequent, both spoken and written.Delightful is used especially to talk about times, events and places.以上各词均可形容时光、活动、地方、景色、感觉和天气。wonderful 亦可形容机会或能力。lovely 在英式英语口语中最常用，但在美式英语中，无论是口语还是书面语 wonderful 最常用。delightful 尤用以形容时光、活动和地方。
Patterns
wonderful/lovely/delightful weather/views/scenery It's wonderful/lovely to be/feel/find/have/know/see… It would be wonderful/lovely/delightfulif… It's wonderful/lovely that… That sounds wonderful/lovely/delightful.really/quite/absolutely wonderful/lovely/delightful