bask

Related topics: Leisure

bask /bɑːsk $ bæsk/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 DLHOTto enjoy sitting or lying in the heat of the sun or a fire 〔舒适地〕晒太阳，取暖

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Lizards were basking in the morning sun.

蜥蜴正在享受早晨的阳光。

2 if a place basks in the sun, it is sunny and warm 〔某地〕沐浴在阳光中

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Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as they arrived.

他们到达的时候，特内里费正沐浴在午后的阳光中。

3 ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto enjoy the approval or attention that you are getting from other people 沉浸在〔别人的赞许或关注中〕

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She basked in the admiration of the media.

她沉醉在媒体的吹捧中。

→ bask/bathe in somebody’s reflected glory at glory1(4)

Examples from the Corpus

bask• The woodstove is throwing off heat, and I bask in its glow.• His opponent, on the other hand, can hop around the country on Air Force One, basking in presidential publicity.• So everyone is basking in the increased popularity of the game.• Telling the story, Savelli grinned, basking in the jittery afterglow of it.• Mr Haynes is very proud, and is basking in the limelight.• His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.

bask in• The group were clearly basking in the crowd's adoration and applause.• Anderson basked in the glory of the victory.• It was a tremendous victory for the team, and they sat back and basked in the glory.• For several months I'd been basking in the glow of graduation, but now it was time to get a job.• A lizard was basking in the heat of the afternoon sun.

Origin bask

(1300-1400) Old Norse bathask, from batha “to take a bath”

bask verb

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