baskとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/
• enPR: băsk, IPA^(key): /bæsk/
• Homophone: Basque (in some dialects)
• 韻: -æsk

動詞

bask (三人称単数 現在形 basks, 現在分詞 basking, 過去形および過去分詞形 basked)

1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.

   to bask in the sun

   • 1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765)​, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society. A Poem. […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], OCLC 1205185272, page 5:

     The naked Negro, panting at the line, / Baſks in the glare, or ſtems the tepid wave, / And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave.

   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and Pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:

     There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century.

2. (figuratively) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually followed by "in").

   I basked in her love.

   to bask in someone's favour

   • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table

下位語

• (to be exposed to the sun's heat): apricate, sun

関連する語

アナグラム

• kabs