ebullient
英 [ɪbˈʊl.i.ənt]
美 [ɪbˈʊl.i.ənt]
1、e- "out" + bulli- + -ent.
ebullient 热情的e-, 向外,同ex-. -bull, 冒泡,同boil. 比喻热情的。
- ebullient (adj.)
- 1590s, "boiling," from Latin ebullientem (nominative ebulliens), present participle of ebullire "to boil over," literally or figuratively, from ex- "out" (see ex-) + bullire "to bubble" (see boil (v.)). Figurative sense of "enthusiastic" is first recorded 1660s.
- 1. The Prime Minister was in ebullient mood.
- 首相兴致勃勃。
- 2. He was ebullient over the reception of his novel.
- 他因小说获好评而兴高采烈.
- 3. He is ebullient with enthusiasm.
- 他热情洋溢.
- 4. Camels and camelopards and an ebullient lion, all are vomitting water.
- 骆驼,长颈鹿,还有张牙舞爪的狮子, 全都在喷水.
- 5. She wrote the ebullient letter when she got back to her flat.
- 她一回到自己的寓所,就写了那封热情洋溢的信.