1literaryHAPPY to feel or show that you are very happy 喜悦,欣喜
rejoice at/over/in
His family rejoiced at the news.
听到这个消息,他全家都欢欣鼓舞。
We rejoiced in our good fortune.
我们庆幸自己的好运。
2rejoice in the name/title (of) somethingBritish EnglishBrENAME OF A PERSON to have a name or title that is silly or amusing 有个滑稽的名字/称呼叫…
He rejoices in the name of Pigg.
他有个滑稽的名字叫皮格。
Examples from the Corpus
rejoice in the name/title (of) something• This hotel looked older and rejoiced in the name of the Lion's Cub.
Examples from the Corpus
rejoice• The birds were sweetly singing in the trees, the flowers were beautifully blooming, and all nature seemed to be rejoicing.• The long bureaucraticstruggle was over, and Alsop rejoiced.• She judged the garden to be about two acres in extent, and rejoiced anew at her amazingluck.• In a sense, one should rejoice at such good fortune.• But he rejoiced in his success.• Rather, they are simply a time to get the entire school population together and rejoice in who they are.• In each case women from neighbouring and related families come to mourn or rejoice with them.
rejoice at/over/in• They were feasting and rejoicing in a land of milk and honey.• But he rejoiced in his success.• She crawled closer to the funeralpyre, rejoicing in its warmth, and slept.• In a sense, one should rejoice at such good fortune.• While rejoicing in the first full month of the closed fishingseason also look out for the pale new leaves of spring.• Gen Pinochet's opponentsrejoiced at the news.• Last night the motorindustry was rejoicing at the unexpected cut.
Originrejoice
(1300-1400)Old Frenchrejoir, from Latingaudere“to rejoice”