bask
v[I, Ipr]
~ (in sth) sit or lie enjoying warmth 坐著或躺著取暖
basking in the sunshine, by the fire, on the beach 在阳光下、火炉旁、海滩上取暖
(fig 比喻) basking in sb's favour, approval, etc 受某人的恩惠、嘉许等.
it requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth's surface into orbit!