revel

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rev·el /ˈrevəl/ verb (revelled, revelling British English, reveled, reveling American English) [intransitive] old use  1.DLto spend time dancing, eating, drinking etc, especially at a party 狂欢，纵酒，作乐2 revel in something phrasal verb old use ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto enjoy something very much 陶醉于，沉湎于 He revelled in his new-found fame. 新近成名令他飘飘然。 —revel noun [countable usually plural]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

revel• James Black is a measured, pragmatic Lepidus, who lets down his hair rather memorably at the Romans' revel.• He was captivated by the aura and mystique, he revelled in the attention and acclaim.• I revelled in the routine normality of wash-days and window-cleaning days and only accepted week-end club dates.• If familiarity makes you happy, you will revel in the stock characters, stock situations, stock dialogue and stock direction.• They revel in the talent of others.Origin revel (1300-1400) Old French reveler “to rebel, revel”, from Latin rebellare; → REBEL1

rev·el verbChineseSyllable  

dancing, to drinking etc, time spend eating, especially Corpus

revel
rev‧el /ˈrevəl/ verb (past tense and past participle revelled, present participle revelling British English, reveled, reveling American English) [intransitive] old useto spend time dancing, eating, drinking etc, especially at a party
—revel noun [countable usually plural]
     
revel in something phrasal verb
  to enjoy something very much:
    He revelled in his new-found fame.