abundance
/bun d nss/
? noun1 a very large quantity. 2 the state of having a very large quantity; plentifulness: vines grew in abundance.3 the amount of something present in a particular area, volume, or sample.
—ORIGIN Latin abundantia, from abundare‘overflow’
—n.
—大量, 充足
—There was an abundance of corn last year.
—去年玉米丰收
—abundance of the heart
—热情洋溢; 感情充沛。
a?bun?danc e [singular, uncountable]
a large quantity of something
abundance of
an abundance of wavy red hair
in abundance
One quality the team possessed in abundance was fighting spirit.
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accidental
? adjective1 happening by accident. 2 incidental; subsidiary.
? noun Music a sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note.
—DERIVATIVES accidentally adverb.
—意外的; 偶然(发生)的
—Our meeting in New York was quite accidental.
—我们在纽约的会见完全是偶然的。
—继承用法
—accidentally
—adv.
—参考词汇
—[同义词]
—accidental fortuitous casual incidental adventitious
acreage
[?eik?rid?]
n.
英亩数
He has a very large acreage under the plough.
他有很大面积的耕地。
angle2
? verb1 fish with a rod and line. 2 seek something desired by indirectly prompting someone to offer it: she was angling for sympathy.
— DERIVATIVES angler noun angling noun.
—ORIGIN Old English.
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annual
? adjective1 occurring once a year. 2 calculated over or covering a year. 3 (of a plant) living for a year or less.
? noun1 a book or magazine of a series published once a year. 2 an annual plant.
— DERIVATIVES annually adverb.
— ORIGIN Latin annualis, from annus‘year’
assault
? noun1 a violent attack. 2Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person. 3 a concentrated attempt to do something difficult.
? verb make an assault on.
— DERIVATIVES assaultive adjective.
— ORIGIN from Old French assauter, from Latin saltare‘to leap’.
berry
? noun (pl.berries) 1 a small roundish juicy fruit without a stone. 2Botany a fruit that has its seeds enclosed in a fleshy pulp, e.g. a banana or tomato.
— ORIGIN Old English
cattle
?plural noun large ruminant animals with horns and cloven hoofs, domesticated for meat or milk or as beasts of burden; cows and oxen.
— ORIGIN Old French chatel‘chattel’
chorus
? noun (pl.choruses) 1 a part of a song which is repeated after each verse. 2 something said at the same time by many people. 3 a large group of singers, especially one performing with an orchestra. 4 a piece of choral music, especially one forming part of an opera or oratorio. 5 (in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment on the main action.
? verb (chorused, chorusing) (of a group of people) say the same thing at the same time.
— ORIGIN Latin, from Greek khoros.
colossal
? adjective extremely large.
— DERIVATIVES colossally adverb.
— ORIGIN from Latin colossus (see COLOSSUS).
confined
? adjective (of a space) enclosed; cramped.
consent
? noun permission or agreement.
? verb1 give permission. 2 agree to do. — ORIGIN from Latin consentire
‘agree’.
consent
[k?n?sent]
n.
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