单词 | reveler |
释义 | reveler (once / 12135 pages) n If you're a reveler, you're celebrating something or noisily enjoying yourself. A lively birthday party is full of revelers. You're most likely to see revelers during a festive occasion, like a block party or a family reunion at a roller rink. A reveler is easy to spot — she's probably laughing or talking loudly. Reveler comes from the verb revel, "to enjoy one's self in a noisy way," from the Old French reveler, also spelled rebeller, "be disorderly, make merry, or be riotous." Reveler shares a Latin root with the word rebel. WORD FAMILYreveler: revelers+/revel: reveled, reveler, reveling, revelled, reveller, revelling, revelry, revels/reveller: revellers/revelry: revelries USAGE EXAMPLESHundreds of revelers were at the club when it was attacked at 1 a.m. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The gunman killed a Turkish police officer outside the Reina nightclub before opening fire on holiday revelers inside shortly after 1 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Several shocked revelers were seen fleeing the scene after the attack, and the music fell silent. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a celebrant who shares in a noisy party the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen Syn|Hypo|Hyper merrymaker, reveller roisterer an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker celebrant, celebrater, celebrator a person who is celebrating |
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