English Dictionary

happy

/ˈhæpi/

adj

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

I am feeling very happy today.

意味（1）

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

Music makes me feel happy.

意味（2）

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

[…] I think I may presume that what I have hitherto Diſcourſed will induce you to think, that Chymists have been much more happy in finding Experiments than the Cauſes of them; or in aſſigning the Principles by which they may beſt be explain'd.

意味（3）

Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?

意味（4）

(Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.

a happy coincidence

意味（5）

(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.

slaphappy, trigger-happy

意味（6）

(rare, of people, often followed by "at" or "in") Dexterous, ready, skilful.

[I] could not without much grief obſerve how frequently both gentlemen and ladies are at a loſs for queſtions, anſwers, replies, and rejoinders. However, my concern was much abated, when I found that theſe defects were not occaſioned by any want of materials, but becauſe thoſe materials were not in every hand. For inſtance, one lady can give an anſwer better than aſk a queſtion: one gentleman is happy at a reply; another excels in a rejoinder: one can revive a languiſhing converſation by a ſudden ſurpriſing ſentence; another is more dextrous in ſeconding; a third can fill the gap with laughing, or commending what has been ſaid. Thus freſh hints may be ſtarted, and the ball of the diſcourſe kept up.

意味（7）

Implying 'May you have a happy ~' or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.

Happy birthday!, Happy Fourth of July!, Happy anniversary!, Happy job-hunting!