| 单词 | jubilate |
| 释义 | jubilate (once / 6028 pages) 1v 2v When you jubilate, you celebrate or express much happiness about something. Winning a big award makes most people jubilate. While it's more common to hear the noun jubilation, or "joy," you can use the verb jubilate when you talk about showing that joy. Your parents might jubilate on the occasion of their wedding anniversary, and your whole town will probably jubilate at the news of a new, fancy public swimming pool. The original meaning of jubilate was "make a joyful noise," from the Latin root jubilare, which means both "to call to someone" and "to shout for joy." WORD FAMILYjubilate: jubilance, jubilated, jubilates, jubilating, jubilation+/jubilation: jubilations/jubilee: jubilate, jubilees USAGE EXAMPLESCuban exiles and their descendants in Miami are reflecting and jubilating in the hours after the government’s announcement of Fidel Castro’s death. Washington Times(Nov 26, 2016) In the background of his speech, gunshots and angry soldiers, cursing and jubilating, almost drowned him out. Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy S...(2007) “I love playing a character from those repressed times who is so nonconformist, it’s very jubilating,” Ms. Green said. New York Times(May 05, 2016) 1 v to express great joy 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph glory rejoice proudly cheer, cheer up, chirk up become cheerful v celebrate a jubilee Hyper celebrate, fete have a celebration |
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