exultant

adjective
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltənt/
🔊/ɪɡˈzʌltənt/
(formal)
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  1. exultant (at something) feeling or showing that you are very proud or happy, especially because of something exciting that has happened 欢欣鼓舞的;兴高采烈的;得意扬扬的synonym triumphant
    • The fans were exultant at their team’s victory.球迷们为球队的胜利而欢欣鼓舞。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin exsultant- ‘exulting’, from the verb exsultare, frequentative of exsilire ‘leap up’, from ex- ‘out, upward’ + salire ‘to leap’.