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luxuriate

/luhg-zhoor-ee-eyt, luhk-shoor-/US // lʌgˈʒʊər iˌeɪt, lʌkˈʃʊər- //UK // (lʌɡˈzjʊərɪˌeɪt) //

奢侈,奢华,豪华,奢望

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lux·u·ri·at·ed, lux·u·ri·at·ing.

    • : to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
    • : to grow fully or abundantly; thrive: The plants luxuriated in the new soil.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbindulge, prosper

Examples

  • Oh, it’ll feel comfortable at first, as your chilled flesh luxuriates in those delicious extra degrees.

  • I just stand up there and luxuriate in the tension that I’m creating by not singing.

  • I luxuriate over each notion like it’s a piece of chocolate melting in my mouth.

  • What a relief it could be to log off and linger over a single true story for an hour or 12, luxuriating in its characters and details and moral implications, rather than just wearily scrolling past it.

  • I luxuriate in the thought that right-wingers across the country are tearing their hair out over this as if in a nice hot bath.

  • I just want to luxuriate in a sliver of sports that was important and poignant and, in its own way, poetic.

  • This passion at last gained such an ascendency over him that he seemed to court and luxuriate in waste and desolation.

  • Some few of its old houses remain, suggestive of its former life, and Flushing is left to luxuriate in the dreams of its past.

  • They seemed to fairly luxuriate in a soft, swampy place and were packed like sardines in some of the wallows.

  • His kingdom was not of this world, neither did he luxuriate in the "good things" of the earth.

  • His whole soul was engrossed in the contemplation of the wild and romantic adventures in which he expected to luxuriate.