资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Triumph \Tri"umph\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Triumphed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Triumphing}.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See
{Triumph}, n.]
1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success;
to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
How long shall the wicked triumph? --Ps. xciv. 3.
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph
thus upon my misery! --Shak.
2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time.
--Milton.
On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
--Macaulay.
3. To be prosperous; to flourish.
Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales.
--Trumbull.
4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Triumphing \Tri"umph*ing\, a.
Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant. --
{Tri"umph*ing*ly}, adv.