revel
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
- 2.
A kind of dance.
- 3.
A wake for the dead.
- 4.
(alt of, alternative)(architecture) Alternative form of reveal.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
Đồng nghĩa: carouse, celebrate
- 2.
To take delight (in something).
- 3.
(obsolete)To draw back; to retract.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (to be disorderly, to make merry), from Latin rebello (to rebel). rebel.