词汇 | joy |
词源 | joy [ME] Joy is from Old French joie, based on Latin gaudium, from gaudere ‘rejoice’. In rejoice [ME] the re- makes the sense more intense; enjoy [LME] comes from the Old French enjoier ‘give joy to’. |
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