单词 | plentiful |
释义 | plen·ti·ful 1. < a plentiful land > < a plentiful supper of roast and boiled beef and mutton — W.H.Hudson †1922 > 2. < the deer are as plentiful as the vast wilderness will support — S.H.Holbrook > < his religion … summoned him to serve the plentiful reform movements of the day — V.L.Parrington > Synonyms: < a plentiful supply of books > < butter is cheap when it is plentiful, and dear when it is scarce — G.B.Shaw > < aluminum, one of the world's most plentiful elements — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < a plenteous number of individual poems — College English > < a plenteous harvest — J.G.Frazer > That is ample which is generously sufficient to satisfy a particular requirement < manufacturers had ample supplies on hand to meet the emergency — Current Biography > < provide ample opportunity for fieldwork with Indian tribes — D.G.Mandelbaum > < ample proof of the power of words — advt > abundant suggests a greater or richer supply than does plentiful < her unselfish and abundant interests — Rex Ingamells > < the many small denominational colleges so abundant throughout the Middle West — G.P.Merrill > copious, not quite interchangeable with plentiful, puts emphasis upon largeness of supply more than on fullness or richness < his papers were copious and bizarre, and it took me nearly two hours to find the will — John Cheever > < his copious flaxen curls — Richard Garnett †1906 > < wahsed down with copious drafts of beer — Green Peyton > |
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