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feted

/feyt, fet/US // feɪt, fɛt //UK // (feɪt) //

受宠若惊,受宠,受宠的,受欢迎的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fetes.

    • : a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
    • : a festive celebration or entertainment: The ball was the greatest fete of the season.
    • : a religious feast or festival: a fete lasting several days in honor of a saint.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fet·ed, fet·ing.

    • : to entertain at or honor with a fete: to fete a visiting celebrity.

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Examples

  • On his return to Japan, Onoda was feted, and briefly tipped to run for the Diet, the Japanese bicameral parliament.

  • Unable to sell his Indian collection to Congress, Catlin went to Europe and was feted for a time for his exhibited work.

  • But Harry, handsome ex-Marine and feted author, is greedy for more happiness than Maddy, a WASP goddess, gives him.

  • The last time we had this many fresh-faced wonks geting feted for their deep thoughts was the New Deal.

  • The late New York mayor was feted by Clinton, Bloomberg, and more political luminaries at an Upper East Side funeral today.

  • The Prince Regent sought her acquaintance; the greatest nobles feted her in their princely palaces.

  • In France as well as in England the name Sims is a household word, and if he chose he might be feted every day of the week.

  • Egmont in particular assumed the appearance of a light heart, entertaining the duke's sons, and being feted by them in return.

  • And we have been feted and wined and dined as only mortals may be, who have fallen among long-time and well-tried friends.

  • The bright-faced girl, with her French name and English sympathies, was feted and welcomed everywhere.