exhilarate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪɡˈzɪləɹeɪt/|/ɛɡ-/    美 /ɪɡˈzɪləˌɹeɪt/|/ɛɡ-/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate. transitive
    — Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.
  2. To excite, to thrill. transitive
    — [A]lcohol, as all the world knows, or should know, does not nourish, but only stimulates,—exhilarates if you will, but exhilarates as fire exhilarates! Would carbon or any other combustible exhilarate only to burn up, consume, and destroy?

词形变化

exhilarates present,singular,third-person exhilarating participle,present exhilarated participle,past exhilarated past

词汇关系

衍生词
exhilarant exhilarating exhilaratingly exhilaration exhilarative exhilarator exhilaratory
相关词
hilarious hilariously hilariousness hilarity Hilary

词源

From Latin exhilarō (“to delight, to gladden, to make merry”), from ex- (“out, away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + hilarō (“to cheer, to gladden”), from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “gracious, kind, propitious”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“comfort, mercy”). By surface analysis, ex- + Latin hilar(ō) + -ate.
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