Old English myrge "joy, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *murgitha (cognates: Middle Dutch merchte), noun of quality from *murgjo- (see merry; also see -th (2)). Mirthquake "entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in reference to Harold Lloyd movies.
例文
1. Murray Pick 's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
マレー?ピケの作り笑いには少しも楽しさがない。
2.His rudddy face still routinely creases with mirth .
彼の赤くつやつやした顔は昔からよく笑ってしわを寄せていた。
3.The performance produced much mirth among the audience.
この演出は観客の笑いを絶やさなかった。
4.The announcement was greeted with much hilarity and mirth .