Her effusive thanks embarrassed everybody. 她道谢时非常激动, 弄得大家不好意思.
An effusive manner. 感情奔放的举止
Her effusive welcome made us feel most uncomfortable. 她热情地款待,使得我们非常不自在。
effusive
[ adj ]
uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
<adj.all> a novel told in burbly panting tones
extravagantly demonstrative
<adj.all> insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship a large gushing female write unrestrained and gushy poetry
effusive \ef*fu"sive\, a. 1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [archaic] ``Washed with the effusive wave.'' --Pope.
2. (Geol.) formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed. [PJC]
3. overly demonstrative; expressing emotion in an unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm; -- of people and human actions; as, effusive thanks; an effusive letter of recommendation. Contrasted with {reserved}. [WordNet sense 1+2]
Syn: gushing, gushy, burbling, burbly. [PJC]
{Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava in molten or plastic form; in distinction from so-called {intrusive}, or {plutonic}, rocks. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.
His performance was so effusive and driven that the phrases rarely breathed.
But more cautious folks, humbled by short-lived booms in the past, aren't so effusive.
The danger is that it can become a cult of the people, like Carl Sandburg's effusive "The People, Yes."
French thank-yous that followed the release of its hostages were never so effusive as those proffered to Gadhafi.
"It's clear that he doesn't have the same warm, effusive personality that Tip (former speaker Thomas P. O'Neill) did.
Sugar was a little less effusive: 'Ossie is in cloud-cuckoo land at the moment.
At a recent Baghdad rally in support of the Palestinian uprising, Mr. Arafat made an effusive speech in praise of Mr. Hussein, declaring: "We will enter Jerusalem victorious and will raise our flag on its walls.
The column that followed, by Ismail Naqib, could hardly have been more effusive: "I don't know how I can come to grips with my love for Iraq," it read.
America's major allies had effusive words of praise for Ronald Reagan in public, but in private some weren't as kind, handing the president a series of defeats at his eighth and final economic summit.
Michael Saba, founder of the Coming Home Committee, was more effusive.