revel

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n. 作乐, 狂欢 vi. 狂欢作乐, 陶醉, 着迷 vt. 耗费

发音

UK /ˈɹɛv.əl/
其它
US /ˈɹɛv.əl/

词形变化

revels 复数 revels 三单 reveling 现在分词 revelling 现在分词 reveled 过去式 reveled 过去分词 revelled 过去式 revelled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

    狂欢

  2. 2.

    A kind of dance.

  3. 3.

    A wake for the dead.

  4. 1.

    Alternative form of reveal.

    建筑
v.
  1. 1.

    To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.

    If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.

  2. 2.

    To take delight (in something).

  3. 1.

    To draw back; to retract.

    废旧

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.

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