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regale

/ri-geyl/US // rɪˈgeɪl //UK // (rɪˈɡeɪl) //

摄取,摄政,摄,摄制

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·galed, re·gal·ing.

    • : to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
    • : to entertain with choice food or drink.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·galed, re·gal·ing.

    • : to feast.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sumptuous feast.
    • : a choice article of food or drink.
    • : refreshment.

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Examples

  • Many Americans jailed in foreign countries regale journalists with their own versions of “Midnight Express.”

  • Anyway I sat down with Bruce and encouraged him to regale me with a few New Hampshire-in-the-old days stories.

  • Montalbán swerves off frequently to have his hero admire a dish or even regale us with a recipe.

  • When Emmett King came home at night, he liked to regale the family with tales of small-town criminality— Mayberry R.F.D. stuff.

  • He would regale us sometimes with his experience flying jet airplanes.

  • They visit and regale one another very much, and are not wanting in Civilities to Foreigners.

  • His chief food is of a vegetable nature—grain, fruits, and roots—but he does not disdain an occasional regale of pork.

  • The regale that followed might have caused a European chef to pale his ineffectual fires from sheer envy.

  • The fat man hates trouble, smothers his own, and you only make him ill at ease when you regale him with yours.

  • And booths, wherein you might regale, And have a pint of beer, or ale.