| 单词 | ample |
| 释义 | am·ple 1. < two celebrated palaces, each with an ample garden — T.B.Macaulay > < it is doubtful that the Fathers in 1783 contemplated expansion across the empty continent beyond the ample boundaries set down — S.F.Bemis > 2. a. < the light they yielded was more than ample for the purpose — Thomas Hardy > < a government entrusted with such ample powers — John Marshall > b. < possessing ample means they entertained generously — C.A.Dinsmore > < supplies were ample for three days — Dorothy Sayers > 3. a. < an ample picnic basket — Dixon Wecter > b. < an ample biography > 4. < ample comfort > 5. < an imposing creature, tall and stout, with an ample bust — W.S.Maugham > Synonyms: < an ample sum — one sufficient to supply those wants of hers — Thomas Hardy > < “Do you want me to miss this train?” But he knew that the margin of time was ample — Arnold Bennett > < the plan, which Julius had designed for a lengthy campaign and ample forces, failed when it was put into execution in a hurry with inadequate troops — John Buchan > Applied to persons' figures it suggests stoutness < a plump, maternal-looking woman, with an ample figure, which did not conform to the wasp waist of the period — Ellen Glasgow > < genial clergy of ample girth, stuffed with the buttered toast of a refectory tea — S.B.Leacock > In other matters it may indicate unstinted copiousness or generosity < the work … is of ample proportions. There will be six volumes altogether — Dumas Malone > spacious stresses great space, area, or scope < white villas, gray convents, church spires, villages, towns … were scattered upon this spacious map — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < the great chilly unused drawing room whose spacious ceremoniousness seemed to embrace and envelope her — J.C.Powys > In more figurative senses it may suggest breadth, expanse, and freedom from constriction < in his lordly way — for he always talked, and unfortunately acted, in a spacious manner — Osbert Sitwell > < frequent visits to Europe, with grouse shooting in Scotland and swimming on the Riviera, were part of the spacious life of the wealthy — H.W.Baehr > capacious suggests ability to hold or contain a great deal, a wealth of freely available space < a capacious old house with big rooms > It is often used with humorous suggestion < was very stout … he wore a capacious waistcoat — Samuel Butler > < a man of capacious mind, seeing that he could draw much wider conclusions without evidence than could be expected of his neighbors — George Eliot > commodious stresses roominess and freedom from constriction, from being limited or pent in < we passed a large inlet … it appeared to be the entrance to a safe and commodious harbor — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > It may have added suggestions of convenience and comfort < my mother's room is very commodious … large and cheerful looking … the most comfortable apartment in the house — Jane Austen > Synonym: see in addition plentiful. |
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