单词 | exuberance |
释义 | exuberance (once / 2806 pages) n Use exuberance to describe joyful enthusiasm and liveliness. You appreciate the natural exuberance of small children, but you prefer to enjoy it from a distance. The noun exuberance comes from the adjective exuberant, which itself came from a Latin word that originally described an overflowing supply of milk from the udder of a cow or goat! The word still means "overflowing," not with milk but with joy and enthusiasm. After your winning home run, the fans ran onto the field and, in their exuberance, carried you off on their shoulders . . . before you touched home plate. WORD FAMILYexuberance: exuberances+/exuberate: exuberance, exuberated, exuberates, exuberating USAGE EXAMPLESThere are signs, however, that craft brewing is being driven by what a late-night drinker might call irrational exuberance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) “We don’t need blandness, we need exuberance in our landscape.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) At first glance, the move might seem like evidence of the exuberance Sgamma described. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1n joyful enthusiasm Hyper joy, joyfulness, joyousness the emotion of great happiness enthusiasma feeling of excitement 2n eager enjoyment or approval Syn|Hypo|Hyper ebullience, enthusiasm lyricism unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm madness, rabidity, rabidnessunrestrained excitement or enthusiasm life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness animation and energy in action or expression |
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