exultation
exultation 英 [,egz(ʌ)l'teɪʃn] 美 [,ɛɡzʌl'teʃən]
n. 狂喜；得意（等于exultance，exultancy）
名词复数:exultations
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- n. 狂喜；得意（等于exultance，exultancy）
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1. My shield will protect me in the market place and sustain me when I am alone. It will uplift me in moments of despair yet it will calm me in time of exultation.
爱使挫折变得如春雨般温和，它是我商场上的护身符：孤独时，给我支持；绝望时，使我振作；狂喜时，让我平静。
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2. Great was the rejoicing at first; but when a storm arose and drove the vessel northward among the reefs of Broken Bay, their exultation was changed to a painful suspense.
岸上一片欢呼，但接下来，补给船被一场暴风雨赶到了北边的布罗肯湾群礁之中，狂喜变成了痛苦的忧虑。
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3. I hasped the window; I combed his black long hair from his forehead; I tried to close his eyes: to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, lifelike gaze of exultation before anyone else beheld it.
我扣上窗子；我把他前额上长长的黑发梳梳；我想合上他的眼睛，因为如果可能的话，我是想在任何别人来看前消灭那种可怕的，像活人似的狂喜的凝视。
- exultation (n.) early 15c., from Old French exultacion "joyousness, exultation," from Latin exultationem/exsultationem "a leaping for joy, exultation," noun of action from past participle stem of exultare/exsultare (see exult). The notion is of leaping or dancing for joy. An Old English word for it was heahbliss "high bliss."
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