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单词 luxuriate
释义 lux·u·ri·ate
\-rēˌāt, usu -ād.+V\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin luxuriatus, past participle of luxuriare, from luxuria luxury
1.
 a. : to grow profusely : flourish, thrive
  < in the nearby conservatory luxuriate tropical plants — Aubrey Drury >
 b. : to develop extensively : proliferate, expand
  < this globe … that luxuriates into a million forms of riotously breeding life — Will Durant >
  < around these luxuriates a free and unsymmetrical, yet ordered decoration of spiral curves — O. Elfrida Saunders >
  < the art department … had luxuriated as an easy refuge for the football player and the dilettante — F.H.Taylor >
2.
 a. : to abandon oneself to pleasure : live luxuriously : indulge oneself
  < we have taken a very charming little cottage … for the whole summer and I am going to luxuriate there in wanton splendor — H.J.Laski >
  < gives few interviews … luxuriates in no autographing parties — J.K.Hutchens >
 b. : to find enjoyment : take delight : revel
  < was luxuriating in a good cigar — B.L.K.Henderson >
  < luxuriated in the admiration and intellectual comradeship of newfound friends — W.R.Parker >
  < tried to luxuriate in his own self-pity — Hanama Tasaki >
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