英语词汇“elate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

elate

/ɪˈleɪt

verb [with object] (usually as adjective elated)

Make (someone) ecstatically happy: I felt elated at beating Dennis...

I was elated by the euphoria and the celebrations that followed our victory.
He swung her up, elated beyond words, for he saw this as a small proof that she did really care for him still.
I was elated when he finally served me a ham and cheese toastie, and would have happily waited half an hour for him to cook it.

Synonyms

thrilled, exhilarated, happy, delighted, overjoyed, joyous, gleeful, excited, animated, jubilant, beside oneself with happiness, exultant, ecstatic, euphoric, rapturous, in raptures, enraptured, rapt;

walking on air, on cloud nine/seven, in seventh heaven, jumping for joy, in transports of delight, transported, carried away, in a frenzy of delight, delirious (with happiness), hysterical, wild with excitement, frenzied

informal blissed out, over the moon, on a high

North American informal wigged out

rare corybantic

adjective archaic

In high spirits; exultant or proud: their elate and animated faces...

His eye, elate with happiness, was reading eagerly the tearful gaze of Haidee, when suddenly the door opened.
Elate with joy I rise.

Derivatives

elatedly

adverb ...

It was, as he said elatedly to me at the reception afterwards, ‘freezing’.
‘It's a girl,’ the doctor announced elatedly, giving her to the nurses to wipe and clean her off.
People were tucking in hungrily and chatting elatedly. ‘I'm a bit out of place here’ thought Jessica.

elatedness

noun ...

I walked the few blocks to the flower shop with a mixture of nervousness and elatedness.
Write a short story, featuring a character going through something emotional, it can be anything from anger to happiness, from sadness to elatedness.
There is something very special about our bus, a feeling of elatedness I get when I am inside.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin elat- 'raised', from the verb efferre, from ex- 'out, from' + ferre 'to bear'. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

单词	elate
释义	elate /ɪˈleɪt / verb [with object] (usually as adjective elated) Make (someone) ecstatically happy: I felt elated at beating Dennis... I was elated by the euphoria and the celebrations that followed our victory. He swung her up, elated beyond words, for he saw this as a small proof that she did really care for him still. I was elated when he finally served me a ham and cheese toastie, and would have happily waited half an hour for him to cook it. Synonyms thrilled, exhilarated, happy, delighted, overjoyed, joyous, gleeful, excited, animated, jubilant, beside oneself with happiness, exultant, ecstatic, euphoric, rapturous, in raptures, enraptured, rapt; walking on air, on cloud nine/seven, in seventh heaven, jumping for joy, in transports of delight, transported, carried away, in a frenzy of delight, delirious (with happiness), hysterical, wild with excitement, frenzied informal blissed out, over the moon, on a high North American informal wigged out rare corybantic adjective archaic In high spirits; exultant or proud: their elate and animated faces... His eye, elate with happiness, was reading eagerly the tearful gaze of Haidee, when suddenly the door opened. Elate with joy I rise. Derivatives elatedly adverb ... It was, as he said elatedly to me at the reception afterwards, ‘freezing’. ‘It's a girl,’ the doctor announced elatedly, giving her to the nurses to wipe and clean her off. People were tucking in hungrily and chatting elatedly. ‘I'm a bit out of place here’ thought Jessica. elatedness noun ... I walked the few blocks to the flower shop with a mixture of nervousness and elatedness. Write a short story, featuring a character going through something emotional, it can be anything from anger to happiness, from sadness to elatedness. There is something very special about our bus, a feeling of elatedness I get when I am inside. Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin elat- 'raised', from the verb efferre, from ex- 'out, from' + ferre 'to bear'. The verb dates from the late 16th century. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight
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elate

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elatedly

elatedness

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