Gloat



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 幸灾乐祸地看, 窃喜
• ［英］ v. 幸灾乐祸地看, 窃喜 ( to gaze or think with exultation, avarice, or malicious pleasure)
• ［类］ primp : vain / gloat : smug ( 打扮是虚荣 / 幸灾乐祸是沾沾自喜)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb

• Etymology: akin to Middle English glouten to scowl and perhaps to Old Norse glotta to grin scornfully
• Date: 1605
• 1. obsolete to look or glance admiringly or amorously
• 2. to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight <gloat over an enemy's misfortune>
• ? gloater noun
• ? gloatingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1899
• the act or feeling of one who gloats

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