单词 | glee |
释义 | glee (once / 632 pages) n If you learned that you'd won a trip for four to Disney World, it would be hard to hide your glee. Glee means extreme happiness or delight. Anything that makes you full of joy, so happy you could laugh out loud, fills you with glee. If your favorite football team wins the Super Bowl, your glee will make you cheer, and a kid let loose with a ten dollar bill in a candy shop might dance around with glee. In the 1700s and 1800s, a glee was a song written for men's a cappella singing groups, which were sometimes called glee clubs. WORD FAMILYglee: gleeful, glees+/gleeful: gleefulest, gleefully, gleefulness USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) They document themselves with reality-show glee clearing Islamic state tunnels, hoisting salvaged weapons, pointing to graffiti, prisoners and corpses. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) He then described with glee watching CNN anchor John King’s shocked expression as it became clear that Trump would win after all. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) 1n great merriment Syn|Hyper gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness gaiety, merriment a gay feeling 2n malicious satisfaction Syn|Hyper gloat, gloating satisfaction the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation |
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