An idyll is a place or a stretch of time that feels perfectly peaceful and happy, as if nothing hard could touch it.

An idyll isIdyll是指 a place or a stretch of time一個地方，或一段時間 that feels perfectly peaceful and happy感覺完全平靜又快樂，as if nothing hard could touch it好像任何困難都碰不到它。

A quiet childhood, a village by the sea, a week of swimming and long meals with no rush — people may call those an idyll. The word is a little literary; you will meet it more in writing and careful speech than in the market.

A quiet childhood, a village by the sea, a week of swimming and long meals with no rush安靜的童年、海邊的小村莊、一整週游泳加上不趕時間的長長用餐——people may call those an idyll這些都可能被叫做idyll。The word is a little literary這個字有點文學性；you will meet it more in writing and careful speech than in the market你在寫作和講究的談話裡會比在市場裡更常遇到它。

Though actually, it began as a short poem about country life, and that older meaning is still in some books.

Though actually, it began as a short poem about country life不過其實它一開始是指一首描寫鄉村生活的短詩，and that older meaning is still in some books這個比較舊的意思在一些書裡還看得到。

When people use it now, they often know, somewhere, that real life is not like that. Calling something an idyll can be sincere, or a bit sad — a beautiful picture that cannot last.

When people use it now現在人們使用這個字的時候，they often know, somewhere, that real life is not like that心裡常常隱約知道，真實生活並不是那樣。Calling something an idyll把某件事叫做idyll can be sincere, or a bit sad可以是真心的，也可以帶點傷感——a beautiful picture that cannot last是一幅美麗卻無法長久的畫面。

People say the word two ways: ID-ill, or sometimes EYE-dill.

People say the word two ways這個字有兩種念法：ID-illID-ill，or sometimes EYE-dill或有時候EYE-dill。