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美滋滋 mĕizīzī
形 very pleased with oneself:
» 他被选中当班长,心里美滋滋的。He was very pleased to be elected class monitor.
班长 bānzhăng
名
1. class monitor; class captain
2.【军】 squad leader
3. (work) team leader
注:班长这个特色词汇,原来是 class monitor 啊。
美滋滋 měizīzī
形 very pleased with oneself
» 听说考试通过了,她心里美滋滋的。She was very pleased on hearing that she had passed the examination.
美滋滋 měizīzī (~的)
{形}
状态词。形容很高兴或很得意的样子:他听到老师的赞扬,心里~的|看着茂盛的庄稼,他~地咧着嘴笑了。
lan·guor /ˈlaŋɡə(r) ; NAmE ˈlaŋɡər /
noun uncountable, singular (literary)
the pleasant state of feeling lazy and without energy 倦怠;懒洋洋;慵懒
» A delicious languor was stealing over him.一种美滋滋懒洋洋的感觉悄悄传遍他的全身。
relish /ˈrelɪʃ/
reat pleasure and satisfaction 享受;满足;喜欢
with relish
» Hargreaves sat back and lit his cigar with relish. 哈格里夫斯向后一靠,美滋滋地点起了烟。
Lap up means the same as lap . lap up 同 lap
» She poured some water into a plastic bowl. Faust, her Great Dane, lapped it up with relish. 她往一个塑料碗里倒了一些水,她的大丹犬福斯特便美滋滋地舔起来。
Appointment in Samarra
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
By: John O’Hara, Charles McGrath (introduction)
Narrated by: Christian Camargo
Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
Unabridged
Release date: 11-19-13
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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