To revel is to spend time in noisy, happy celebration — dancing, eating, drinking, staying up late, often at a party or festival. You can also call that event a revel, especially in older or literary English, and people still speak of Christmas revels.

To revel is to spend time in noisy, happy celebrationrevel是指花時間在吵鬧歡樂的慶祝活動裡——dancing, eating, drinking, staying up late跳舞、吃喝、熬夜, often at a party or festival通常是在派對或節慶場合。You can also call that event a revel你也可以把那個活動本身叫做a revel, especially in older or literary English尤其是在較舊或文學性的英文裡, and people still speak of Christmas revels人們現在還會說Christmas revels。

On its own the verb is a little old-fashioned now (“they revelled until dawn”), though newspapers still like it. What is very much alive is revel in: to take great pleasure in something, even something others might not enjoy.

On its own the verb is a little old-fashioned now這個動詞單獨使用現在有點老派了 (“they revelled until dawn”)（「they revelled until dawn」）, though newspapers still like it不過報紙還是喜歡用它。What is very much alive is revel in非常活躍的用法是revel in: to take great pleasure in something對某件事樂在其中, even something others might not enjoy即使那件事別人不見得喜歡。

British spelling doubles the l in revelled and revelling; American spelling usually does not.

British spelling doubles the l in revelled and revelling英式拼法在revelled和revelling裡會把l重複; American spelling usually does not美式拼法通常不會。

It comes from Old French reveler, “to make merry” or “to be disorderly,” from Latin rebello, “to rebel,” and is a doublet of rebel — same Latin start, two English words. It is not related to reveal, which is about uncovering.

It comes from Old French reveler它源自古法文reveler, “to make merry” or “to be disorderly,”意思是「盡情作樂」或「作亂」, from Latin rebello再往前追溯自拉丁文rebello, “to rebel,”意思是「反叛」, and is a doublet of rebel跟rebel是一對doublet雙式詞——same Latin start, two English words同一個拉丁字源，變成了兩個英文字。It is not related to reveal它跟reveal沒有關係, which is about uncoveringreveal講的是揭露某件事。