每日单词：exuberant

exuberant

英 [ɪɡ'zjuːbərənt] 美 [ɪɡ'zuːbərənt]

adj.兴高采烈的；繁茂的；丰富的

◉词源

源自拉丁语 exūberāns（现分词形式，意为“丰盛的、溢出的”），来自 exūberāre（丰盛生长），原指植物或乳汁丰沛溢出，15世纪进入英语，先指“丰裕的”，后扩展为情感上的“热情奔放”。

◉外刊例句

① 《The New York Times》，2024

The Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx in front of exuberant fans in Brooklyn.

自由队在布鲁克林热情洋溢的球迷面前击败了明尼苏达山猫队。

② 《The Guardian》，2025

This production captures Alan Menken’s exuberant, rock’n’roll sound.

这部制作捕捉了艾伦·门肯热情洋溢的摇滚乐风格。

◉经典名著

His poems, novels and comedies are full of wit and exuberant vitality.

他的诗歌、小说和喜剧充满了机智和热情洋溢的活力。

The vegetation during this period was unusually exuberant.

这一时期的植被异常繁茂。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) She gave an exuberant account of the party.

(2) All those mother trees in the garden are exuberant.

(1) 她生动地介绍了那一聚会的情形.

(2) 果园里的那些母树都长得十分茂盛。

◉ Usage Notes

Are you feeling really happy and enthusiastic about something? Describe yourself with the adjective exuberant!

Exuberant can be traced back to the same Indo-European root that has brought the word udder. If you picture the plentiful amount of milk a cow can give, it is easy to remember that exuberant always describes something that is abundant or plentiful like exuberant foliage. Abundance also comes into play in its primary use today to mean very enthusiastic, full of energy or overjoyed. When the bell rings on the last day of school, you will be exuberant.

◉柯林斯词典

1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]热情洋溢的；兴高采烈的；喜气洋洋的 If you are exuberant, you are full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness.

...an exuberant young girl who decided to become a screen actress.

决定成为一名电影演员的热情洋溢的年轻女孩

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They both laughed exuberantly.

他俩都纵情地笑了起来。

2. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]生机勃勃的；焕发活力的 If you describe something as exuberant, you like it because it is lively, exciting, and full of energy and life. [approval]

This is bold and exuberant cooking.

这是大胆而又精彩的烹饪。

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...exuberantly decorated.

装饰得喜气洋洋