Regale

[rɪ'geɪl] or [rɪ'ɡel]

解释:

(verb.) provide with choice or abundant food or drink; 'Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating'; 'She treated her houseguests with good food every night'.

詹尼弗编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A prerogative of royalty.

(v. t.) To enerta/n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.

(v. i.) To feast; t/ fare sumtuously.

(v. t.) A sumptuous repast; a banquet.

黛博拉编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Entertain, refresh, gratify.

n. Banquet or feast (for a royal personage).

手打:威利

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Feast, entertain, gratify, delight, refresh

ANT:Starve, stint, tantalize

校对:伦道夫

解释:

v.t. to entertain in a sumptuous manner: to refresh: to gratify.—v.i. to feast.—n. a regal or magnificent feast.—ns. Regale′ment the act of regaling: entertainment: refreshment; Regā′ler.

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