| 单词 |
gloating |
| 释义 |
ˈgloating, ppl. a.
[f. gloat v. + -ing2.]
That gloats (in the different senses of the vb.).
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. v. iii, From beneath swoln brows Appeares a gloting eye of much mislike. 1625Bp. R. Montagu Appello Cæs. 253 He is in that case as jealous of Gods honour, as any gloyting Puritan in the Pack. 1682A. Behn City Heiress 33, I saw you playing with my Rival, Sigh'd, and lookt Babies in his gloating Eyes. 1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 36 Changing the cast of his look from one of gloating satisfaction to one of doleful regret. 1837Disraeli Venetia iv. xiv, The coarse wonder of the gloating multitude. 1877L. Morris Epic Hades i. 7 But as I looked There came a hunger in the gloating eyes.
†b. Of light: ? Glancing aside, refracted. rare.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xiii. 116 Colours may be made by reflexion, as also, gloating light.
Hence ˈgloatingly adv.
1681Otway Soldier's Fort. ii. i, How glotingly they look upon me! 1830J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXVII. 662 Your face has..been fixed as gloatingly as that of a Satyr. 1885Stevenson Dynamiter 192 His eyes lingered gloatingly on his dear boxes. |
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