elate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make joyful or proud. transitive
    — That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […]
  2. To lift up; raise; elevate. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Elated; exultant.
    — Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.
  2. Lifted up; raised; elevated. obsolete
    — c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate

词形变化

elates present,singular,third-person elating participle,present elated participle,past elated past

词汇关系

衍生词
elatement elater unelating
相关词
elated elation efferent

词源

词源 1
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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