英语词汇“gleeful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If you're gleeful, you're delighted or joyful. The sound of children's gleeful laughter is one sign of a successful birthday party.

When you feel gleeful, you're more than happy: you're exuberant and joyous. A friend's gleeful face tells you she's gotten great news or heard a hilarious joke, and gleeful kids will sometimes even scream with joy. In the 17th century, the alternate adjective gleesome competed with gleeful — both come from an Old English root, gliu, which means "mirth, play, sport," and also "music" and "mockery."

WORD FAMILY

gleeful: gleefulest, gleefully, gleefulness+/glee: gleeful, glees

USAGE EXAMPLES

The French await the appearance of yule log cakes with the same gleeful anticipation of kids awaiting Santa.

Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016)

In one case, according to a witness, there was a gleeful description of “criminals” being shoved into a commercial oven to roast to death.

Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016)

Republicans, after years of vilifying Pelosi’s West Coast liberalism, were gleeful at the stasis among Democratic leaders.

Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016)

adj full of high-spirited delight

Syn

elated, joyful, jubilant
joyous

full of or characterized by joy

单词	gleeful
释义	gleeful (once / 2199 pages) adj If you're gleeful, you're delighted or joyful. The sound of children's gleeful laughter is one sign of a successful birthday party. When you feel gleeful, you're more than happy: you're exuberant and joyous. A friend's gleeful face tells you she's gotten great news or heard a hilarious joke, and gleeful kids will sometimes even scream with joy. In the 17th century, the alternate adjective gleesome competed with gleeful — both come from an Old English root, gliu, which means "mirth, play, sport," and also "music" and "mockery." WORD FAMILY gleeful: gleefulest, gleefully, gleefulness+/glee: gleeful, glees USAGE EXAMPLES The French await the appearance of yule log cakes with the same gleeful anticipation of kids awaiting Santa. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) In one case, according to a witness, there was a gleeful description of “criminals” being shoved into a commercial oven to roast to death. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) Republicans, after years of vilifying Pelosi’s West Coast liberalism, were gleeful at the stasis among Democratic leaders. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) adj full of high-spirited delight Syn elated, joyful, jubilant joyous full of or characterized by joy
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