gloat
FREQ #18433
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vi. 满足地看, 幸灾乐祸, 贪婪地盯视 n. 贪婪的盯视, 满足的注视, 幸灾乐祸
发音
US
/ɡloʊt/
其它
UK
/ɡləʊt/
词形变化
gloats
复数
gloats
gloated
gloating
gloats
三单
gloating
现在分词
gloated
过去式
gloated
过去分词
别名
glote
glout
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An act or instance of gloating.
v.
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1.
To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
幸灾乐祸
You did well to win the game, but there's no need to gloat about it.
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2.
To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”), related to dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).
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