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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.

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.

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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