transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪlaɪt ]
( delights, delighting, delighted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
Throughout the house, the views are a constant source of surprise and delight...
Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel’s nickname for the baby...
To my great delight, it worked perfectly.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone takes delight or takes a delight in something, they get a lot of pleasure from it.
Haig took obvious delight in proving his critics wrong...
PHRASE : V inflects , usu PHR in -ing / n
3.
You can refer to someone or something that gives you great pleasure or enjoyment as a delight .
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of a holiday abroad.
= joy
N-COUNT : oft N of n / -ing , N to-inf [ approval ]
4.
If something delights you, it gives you a lot of pleasure.
She has created a style of music that has delighted audiences all over the world...
VERB : V n
5.
If you delight in something, you get a lot of pleasure from it.
Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story...
He delighted in sharing his love of birds with children.
VERB : V in n / -ing , V in n / -ing