mindmap root((欢乐)) merry suggests cheerful, joyous, uninhibited enjoyment of frolic or festivity: a ~ group of holiday revelers. blithe suggests carefree, innocent, or even heedless gaiety: arrived late in her usual ~ way. jocund stresses gladness marked by liveliness, elation and exhilaration of spirits: good news had left him in a ~ mode. jovial suggests the stimulation of conviviality and good fellowship or the capacity for these: grew inceasingly ~ with every drink. jolly suggests high spirits expressed in laughing, bantering, and jesting and a determination to keep one's companions easy and laughing: our ~ host enlivened the party.