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单词 lavish
释义 lav·ish
I. \ˈlavish, -vēsh\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English lavas, from Middle French lavasse, lavache downpour of rain, from laver to wash, from Latin lavare — more at lye
now dialect : an unstinted outpouring : abundance, profusion
 < he'll maybe see trouble and a lavish of it too — Elizabeth M. Roberts >
II. adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English lavas, from lavas, n.
1. : expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
 < the war redistributed national wealth with a lavish and careless hand — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
 < peculiarly lavish of endearments to his second son — D.H.Lawrence >
 < remarkably lavish with invective — H.J.Muller >
2.
 a. archaic : unrestrained in speech : effusive
  < the lavish tongue shall honest truths impart — George Crabbe †1832 >
 b. obsolete : unrestrained in conduct or disposition : impetuous, wild
  < when rage and hot blood are his counselors, when means and lavish manners meet together — Shakespeare >
3. : expended or produced in abundance : characterized by profusion or excess : unstinted
 < a country in which there is lavish consumption and no production — G.B.Shaw >
 < the lavish attentions of his mother — George Meredith >
 < bearing a sandwich board on which his name was inscribed in lavish capitals — Max Beerbohm >
Synonyms: see profuse
III. \“, chiefly in pres part -vəsh\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to expend or bestow with profusion : use with prodigality : squander
 < the princes of the Renascence lavished upon private luxury … enormous amounts of money — Lewis Mumford >
 < lavished his great talents on paltry themes — C.H.Sykes >
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