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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++id·yll /ˈɪdəl, ˈɪdɪl $ ˈaɪdl/ noun [singular] literary  HAPPYa place or experience in which everything is peaceful and everyone is perfectly happy 平静快乐的地方;安宁愉快的经历 a rural idyll 恬静的乡村生活
Examples from the Corpus
idyllDurham stood for an idyll of ten years.Møn was an idyll for me, one enriched for its being shared with my cousin, who was my closest friend.If we were back in urban reality now, we yet retained a glow imparted by our bucolic idyll.Decades later, the shipbuilder was still enjoying his island idyll.The short romantic idyll was over.This rural idyll is, however, the privilege of the minority.In order to arrive at the truth behind the idyll, I must return to the matter of attributions.The wartime idyll between Pamela Churchill and Harriman has long been publicly known.rural idyllIt will be a rural idyll.A once charming rural idyll, Emmerdale had become a moral cesspit.The expectations of the latter is examined in the light of the rural idyll.This rural idyll is, however, the privilege of the minority.
Origin idyll (1500-1600) Latin idyllium, from Greek eidyllion, from eidos form
id·yll nounChineseSyllable
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idyll
idyll /ˈɪdəl,ˈɪdɪl $ ˈaɪdl/ noun [singular] literary
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: idyllium, from Greek eidyllion, from eidos 'form'
a place or experience in which everything is peaceful and everyone is perfectly happy:
    a rural idyll


idyllBrE /ˈɪdɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈaɪdl/ 🔊 noun(literary) a happy and peaceful place, event or experience, especially one connected with the countryside (尤指乡下的)愉快恬静的地方(或事情、经历)a short poem or other piece of writing that describes a peaceful and happy scene 描述恬静愉快情景的短诗(或短文);田园诗