kvell

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kvɛl/    美 /kvɛl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat. US,intransitive,slang
    — ‘Magnificent residence,’ she pretended to kvell, ‘maybe I'm in the wrong business?’

词形变化

kvells present,singular,third-person kvelling participle,present kvelled participle,past kvelled past

词源

From Yiddish קוועלן (kveln), from Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan. Cognate with German quellen and English quell (“source, spring”).
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