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单词 exhilaration
释义
exhilarationex‧hil‧a‧ra‧tion /ɪɡˌzɪləˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Nothing can compare with the exhilaration of riding a motorcycle as fast as you can.
  • She was filled with exhilaration when she first saw her newborn baby.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Anybody who runs it will know firsthand that you have experienced the true exhilaration of life. 2.
  • He was approaching a state of exhilaration, a state which can be achieved only by human beings blinded to context.
  • It adds to the exhilaration, bringing a smile rather than a frown.
  • It was the exhilaration of wilderness.
  • On her high perch, she had the familiar feeling of exhilaration and apprehension.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe feeling of being excited
· If you're looking for excitement, you won't find it here.excitement of · He missed the excitement of working with so many intelligent people.in/with excitement (=in an excited way) · In the stands, the crowd was shouting with excitement.great/tremendous excitement · There's an atmosphere of tremendous excitement here in the stadium.
a sudden very strong feeling of excitement, mixed with pleasure and sometimes fear: thrill of: · Most of the researchers are motivated by the simple thrill of discovery.get a thrill out of something: · Even though I've been acting for 40 years, I still get a thrill out of going on stage on opening night.give somebody a thrill: · Using a gun always gave me a strange thrill.
a feeling of happy excitement, for example that you get from an exciting physical activity or from something you have achieved: · She was filled with exhilaration when she first saw her newborn baby.exhilaration of: · Nothing can compare with the exhilaration of riding a motorcycle as fast as you can.
excited and cheerful feelings or behaviour, especially of a group of young people: · They didn't mean to cause any damage - it was just high spirits.in high spirits: · It was the last day of term and everyone was in high spirits.
extreme excitement that makes people cry, laugh, shout etc uncontrollably: · The hysteria of the screaming girls was somewhat frightening.mass hysteria (=hysteria in a crowd of people): · The pushing and grabbing at yesterday's sales bordered on mass hysteria.
when a lot of people are very excited about a particular thing: World Cup/Harry Potter/election etc fever: · For a few months after its introduction, lottery fever swept the nation.· Football fever has always been widespread in Thailand, but this year perhaps more than ever before.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Yet, at the same time, he felt a strange exhilaration at being part of the movement.· I therefore felt no exhilaration about the way she spoke to me, even though what she had said was flattering.· Yes, and we shall feel exhilaration and pride and power.· Arid tonight, feeling the exhilaration of survival himself, he was even more susceptible.
a feeling of being happy, excited, and full of energyexhilaration of She enjoyed the exhilaration of jet-skiing.
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