cheer

• vt. 欢呼；使高兴；为…加油
• n. 欢呼；愉快；心情；令人愉快的事
• vi. 欢呼；感到高兴

词源不确定，可能来自拟声词，模仿欢呼声。

1. a cry or shout of approval

2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom;

"flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"

cheer

cheer: [13] Originally, cheer meant ‘face’. It came via Anglo-Norman chere ‘face’ and late Latin cara ‘face’ from Greek kárā ‘head’. As often happens, ‘face’ was taken as a metaphor of the mental condition causing the expression on it, so ‘be of good cheer’ came to mean ‘be in a good mood’; and gradually cheer grew to be used on its own for ‘happy frame of mind, cheerfulness’. It first appears in the sense ‘shout of applause or encouragement’ at the start of the 18th century, when Daniel Defoe identifies it as a nautical usage.

cheer (n.)

c. 1200, "the face," especially as expressing emotion, from Anglo-French chere "the face," Old French chiere "face, countenance, look, expression," from Late Latin cara "face" (source also of Spanish cara), possibly from Greek kara "head," from PIE root *ker- (1) "head, horn" (see horn (n.)). From mid-13c. as "frame of mind, state of feeling, spirit; mood, humor."

By late 14c. the meaning had extended metaphorically to "mood, mental condition," as reflected in the face. This could be in a good or bad sense ("The feend ... beguiled her with treacherye, and brought her into a dreerye cheere," "Merline," c. 1500), but a positive sense (probably short for good cheer) has predominated since c. 1400. Meaning "shout of encouragement" first recorded 1720, perhaps nautical slang (compare earlier verbal sense, "to encourage by words or deeds," early 15c.). The antique English greeting what cheer (mid-15c.) was picked up by Algonquian Indians of southern New England from the Puritans and spread in Indian languages as far as Canada.

cheer (v.)

late 14c., "to cheer up, humor, console;" c. 1400 as "entertain with food or drink," from cheer (n.). Related: Cheered; cheering. Sense of "to encourage by words or deeds" is early 15c. Which had focused to "salute with shouts of applause" by late 18c. Cheer up (intransitive) first attested 1670s.

As it went up, people gathered on the sidewalk below to take photos and cheer for its safety.

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When the Ford Motor Company, for example, recently announced that it was bringing some production home, the White House cheered.

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Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends and praise their accomplishments.

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Give Mary a call; she needs cheering up.

给玛丽打个电话，她需要人安慰。

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Bright curtains can cheer up a dull room.

色彩鲜艳的窗帘可以让单调的房间变得亮丽起来。

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Oh, come on─cheer up!

噢，得了，高兴起来吧！

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The results of the test were very cheering.

化验结果令人欢欣鼓舞。

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Cheering crowds greeted their arrival.

欢呼的人群欢迎他们的到来。

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The crowd cheered the President as he drove slowly by.

当总统的车缓缓经过时，群众向他欢呼致意。

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She was cheered by the news from home.

来自家里的消息使她受到鼓舞。

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[不可数名词]He came on stage amid clapping and cheering.

他在掌声和欢呼声中走上舞台。

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cheers of encouragement

鼓励的喝彩声

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Three cheers for the winners! (= used when you are asking a group of people to cheer three times, in order to congratulate sb, etc.)

为优胜者欢呼三次吧！

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We all cheered as the team came on to the field.

球队入场时我们都为之欢呼。

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A great cheer went up from the crowd.

观众爆发出一阵热烈的欢呼声。

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They were impressed by his steadfast good cheer...

他整天笑呵呵的样子给他们留下很深的印象。

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A timely bingo win brought some cheer to Juliet Little's family yesterday.

昨天玩宾戈赢了一把，适时地给朱丽叶·利特尔一家带来些许的欢快心情。

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The weather was perfect for a picnic, he told himself, but the thought did nothing to cheer him.

他告诉自己，那样的天气出去野餐再合适不过了，可是，这丝毫不能让他提起精神来。

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The crowd cheered as Premier Wayne Goss unveiled a lifesize statue of poet Banjo Paterson...

韦恩·戈斯州长揭开诗人巴尼奥·佩特森的等身塑像时，人群欢呼起来。

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Swiss fans cheered Jakob Hlasek during yesterday's match with Courier.

昨天，瑞士球迷在雅各布·赫拉塞克对阵库里耶的比赛中为赫拉塞克喝彩加油。

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Stephen noticed that the people around him looked cheered by his presence...

斯蒂芬注意到，周围的人们似乎因为他的到来而受到鼓舞。

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CAN there be cause for cheer in a pot of yogurt? Perhaps there can.

一罐酸奶中会有欢呼的理由 么 ?也许是有的.

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Thanks to our soccer players and cheer team ! Let's cheer them on!

感谢奥美足球队员,以及所有支持球赛的的奥美啦啦队员们!

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I propose a toast! cheer!

我提议干一杯! 干杯!

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Glaucus vainly endeavored to cheer the exhausted spirits of Ione.

格劳科斯徒然地竭力安慰着垂头丧气的伊俄涅.

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