| 单词 | exultation |
| 释义 | exultation (once / 1162 pages) n "Woohoo!" That's an expression you might shout in exultation or extreme happiness. On New Year's Eve, Times Square is bursting with exultation as people shout and sing joyfully to ring in the new year. Exultation comes from the Latin exsilire, which means "leap out or up." Think of leaping for joy and you've pretty much captured the sentiment of exultation. This word is used to describe a kind of triumphant joy, the kind you might see at the end of a football game when the winning team is pumping their fists, cheering and dumping Gatorade all over their coach. WORD FAMILYexultation: exultations+/exult: exultant, exultation, exulted, exulting, exults/exultant: exultantly/exulting: exultingly USAGE EXAMPLESIf she seemed a bit tentative and over-reverential at the start of this overflowing exultation, she rose wholeheartedly to the “Allelujah,” with effortless coloratura. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) And Redding used his velvet-lined growl of a voice to capture pride, desire, exultation and pain — just a great soul man, hard at work. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) At bottom, it’s an exultation about sound, offering a big bath of different noises in which everyone, players and listeners, can splash. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) 1n the utterance of sounds expressing great joy Syn|Hyper jubilation, rejoicing utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication 2n a feeling of extreme joy Syn|Hypo|Hyper jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation triumph the exultation of victory joy, joyfulness, joyousness the emotion of great happiness |
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