英和和英

動詞

cheer up (third-person singular simple present cheers up, present participle cheering up, simple past and past participle cheered up)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become happier or less downcast.

   Synonyms: blithen, liven up, perk up

   I cheered up after seeing the results.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.

   Synonyms: cheer, perk up; see also Thesaurus:gladden

   Antonym: depress

   The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.

   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:

     Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
     He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
     Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.

派生語

• cheerer-upper

間投詞

cheer up

1. An encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy.

   Cheer up! Things could be worse.

アナグラム

• Pecheur, upcheer