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exult

verb
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌlt/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌlt/
 [intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exult
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌlt/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌlt/
he / she / it exults
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌlts/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌlts/
past simple exulted
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/
past participle exulted
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/
-ing form exulting
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltɪŋ/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltɪŋ/
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  1. to feel and show that you are very excited and happy because of something that has happened欢欣鼓舞；兴高采烈；喜形于色
    • exult (at/in something) He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan.他向后一靠，为自己计划的成功而得意扬扬。🔊🔊
    • + speech ‘We won!’ she exulted.“我们赢了！” 她欣喜若狂道。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin exsultare, frequentative of exsilire ‘leap up’, from ex- ‘out, upward’ + salire ‘to leap’.