英:[rɪˈgeɪl]
美:[rɪˈɡel]
英:[rɪˈgeɪl]
美:[rɪˈɡel]
取悦;盛宴款待;
参加宴会;享用;
re·gale
rih geIl
regales, regaling, regaled
verb
transitive verb
to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
to give pleasure or amusement to
regaled us with tall tales
intransitive verb
to feast oneself : feed
noun
a sumptuous feast
a choice piece especially of food
"盛情款待(某人)",1650年代,源自法语 régaler "招待或宴请",源自古法语 regale, rigale,源自 gale "欢乐",源自 galer "欢乐"(参见 gallant(形容词))。在古法语中受 se rigoler "自娱自乐,欢欣鼓舞"的影响,这是一个起源不明的词。意大利语 regalo 源自法语。最初指食物和饮料; 到1670年代指令人愉悦或高兴的事物。相关: Regaled; regaling。
Verb French régaler, from Middle French, from regale, noun Noun French régal, from Middle French regale, from re- + galer to have a good time — more at gallant >entry 1
The first known use of regale was in 1642
relegateverb
to remove or dismiss to a less important place
relegate some old books to the attic
to refer or hand over for decision or carrying out
relegate that matter to a special committee
relativisticadjective
of, relating to, or characterized by relativity
reiterateverb
to say or do over again or repeatedly
reinterpretverb
to interpret againespecially: to give a new or different interpretation to
regaladjective
of, relating to, or suitable for a king
of remarkable excellence or magnificence : splendid
regaleverb
to entertain richly
to give pleasure or amusement to
to feast oneself : feed
1 A brusque, arrogant blowhard, blind in one eye, he regales his fellow artists in a pub with grandiose recitations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
2 He used to regale his family with tales of rough New York.
3 But as they regaled each other with choruses of “Not While I’m Around,” from “Sweeney Todd,” like son and mother, their voices didn’t match.
4 In between, Charlotte does some shopping, is regaled by her housecleaner on the subject of conjugal relations, goes to the movies and, discovering that she is pregnant, decides that she must choose between the men.
5 He remained until his retirement in 2005, sometimes singing as he worked, and regaling the students — “the teeny-weenies,” he called them — with tales of his musical life.
6 She studied how to relate to audiences, regaling them with ribald stories.
7 When I arrived a little after midnight, local engineer, ecologist and astronomer Tom O’Key had set up a large telescope and was regaling night owls about the sky.
8 They will regale the guests with a feast.
他们将以盛宴款待宾客。
9 Reese Witherspoon regaled audiences with stories about their producing partnership.
10 Jimmy regaled us with war stories, but I also took him aside and asked him about MK’s problems.
11 Patrick regaled Kait with stories of his college escapades like sneaking into bars and getting rowdy.
12 Jake isn’t dazzled by an excerpt from Parker’s book, but when the young man regales the class with the basics of the story, it makes an impression.
13 By this time, getting arrested was routine for Nation, who never remained in jail long after regaling her keepers with stories of her wild escapades.
14 “We were all sitting around the table and he was regaling us with stories about vaudeville,” she said.
15 There’s an unpleasant sense that Ondaatje is regaling us rather than simply putting across a story.
16 He regaled us with stories of his trips to Johannesburg, a place none of us had ever been before.
17 There, between musical numbers, he regaled the audience with tales from the classical-music battlefield, interspersed with sips of Scotch and companionable clouds of smoke.
18 “Here is where you stop regaling me with tales of your ineptitude and surprise me?” asked Boo hopefully.
19 Munsey regales the crowd with a story of a woman in his church who gave the Passover offering.
20 Cherish the days when a conversation you thought was private about a friend is regaled, verbatim, by your child to that same person.
1 喜悦
gratified beamish agreeably delightedly beamingly cheer fruition gratification gladness jubilation rejoicing take delight flatter gratify do heart good do the heart good a ray of sunshine
2 欢娱
5 盛宴招待
6 款待
treat entertainment latchstring entertain do handle guest welcome blow entertaining hospitality receive divert banquet fete fête cheer host rush
7 美味
yummy goluptious delicious exquisite savory delectable luscious tasteful dainty appetizing gusty toothy toothsome flavorsome dulcet relishable sunket relish delicacy caviar
8 佳肴
9 快乐
easy happy fat cream grand lovely gay pleasant sunny delighted hilarious delightful amusing airy joyful upbeat joyous pleasurable voluptuous lusty winsome rose-colored high-stepping felicitous roseate easeful gladsome rose-coloured heartsome delightsome happily gaily sweet boot entertainment ease luxury pleasure delight delicate amusement elasticity delicacy exhilaration gaiety easiness delectation entertain felicitate enjoy frolic saturnian rorty gamesome merrily pleasurably joy glee joyance rejoice please indulge tickle high spirits
10 高兴
happy glad pleased cheerful gleeful gladly joyfully gleefully delightedly joy cheer glee please delight tickle gratify gladden
11 使欣喜
12 愉悦
14 使心满意足
17 心满意足
well-content victorious gloat complacence laugh gloating sate