bask

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vi. 晒太阳, 感到舒适

发音

UK /bɑːsk/
US /bæsk/

词形变化

basks 复数 basked basketh basking basks 三单 basks baskt basking 现在分词 basked 过去式 basked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使…晒太阳；使暖和而舒适

动词

晒太阳；取暖；愉快或舒适

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of bathing in warmth.

    Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine.

  2. 2.

    A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.

v.
  1. 1.

    To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.

    to bask in the sun

  2. 2.

    To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

    比喻

    to bask in someone’s favour

    I basked in her love.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

enjoy relish savor savour

上位词 3

feel lie experience

下位词 2

devour feast one's eyes

相关短语

bask in the sunshine 晒太阳

词源

Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

来源：wiktionary