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gleeful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++glee·ful /ˈɡliːfəl/ adjective  HAPPYvery excited and satisfied 欢喜的,高兴的 a gleeful laugh 开心的笑gleefully adverb
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gleefulThe locals, apparently, looked with gleeful anticipation to the coming of city folks with fat wallets.The park was full of gleeful children playing on sleds.Payno was gleeful, for his idea was a good one.A gleeful grin crossed his face.Sometimes she was gleeful over something she had just taught Lincoln to do.When he struggled to find winners at the start of the season, the cries of gleeful recrimination reached a crescendo.The old woman's mouth twisted into a smile of gleeful satisfaction, and she turned to Theda.She seemed almost gleeful when I told her Hope had been fired.
glee·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
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gleeful
gleeful /ˈɡliːfəl/ adjective
very excited and satisfied:
    a gleeful laugh
—gleefully adverb


glee·fulBrE /ˈɡliːfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡliːfl/ 🔊 adjectivehappy because of sth good you have done or sth bad that has happened to sb else 欢喜的;高兴的;幸灾乐祸的a gleeful laugh欢快的笑声 glee·ful·ly BrE /ˈɡliːfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡliːfəli/ 🔊 adverb