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单词 glee
释义 glee
I. \ˈglē\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English glēo entertainment, fun, music; akin to Old Norse glȳ joy, Greek chleuē joke, Russian glum
1. : high-spirited joy typically accompanied by exuberant outward display
 < dancing with glee >
 < shouting with boyish glee >
 < a gasp of surprised gleeNewsweek >
 < he appeared to be almost choking with glee — Rex Ingamells >
and often mixed with or wholly prompted by maliciously delighted and exultant satisfaction over another's misfortune, predicament, or failure
 < rubbing their hands in glee over his discomfiture >
 < grinning with diabolical glee >
 < it betrayed the glee felt by the meanspirited when they see people who do not deserve humiliation forced to suffer it — Rebecca West >
: delighted or triumphant happiness : rejoicing, gladness, mirth, merriment
2. : an unaccompanied song for three or more solo usually male voices that was especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
II. intransitive verb
(gleed ; gleed ; gleeing ; glees)
Etymology: Middle English gleen, gleyen, glien
1. chiefly Scotland
 a. : squint
 b. : to take a sidelong look
2. chiefly Scotland : to take a look with one eye; specifically : aim
III. noun
(-s)
1. chiefly Scotland
 a. : squint
 b. : a sidelong look
2. chiefly Scotland : a look with one eye; specifically : aim
IV. adjective
chiefly Scotland : squint-eyed
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