late 14c., "to rejoice over," from over- + joy (q.v.); translating Latin supergaudere (in Psalms xxxiv, etc.). Transitive sense of "to fill with gladness" is first recorded 1570s (now usually in past participle overjoyed).
实用例句
1. It'seemed that the realisation of his life's dream oppressed him with overjoy.
夙愿得偿似乎使他欣喜若狂.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Overjoy in my heart, I carried the three blades back to second flor.
