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单词 voluptuous
释义 vo·lup·tu·ous
\vəˈləpchəwəs, -chəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin voluptuosus, from voluptas pleasure, delight + -osus -ose; akin to Latin volup agreeably, pleasurably, Greek elpis hope, expectation, Latin velle to will, wish — more at will
1.
 a. : full of delight or pleasure especially to the senses : ministering to, relating to, inclining to, or arising from sensuous or sensual gratification : luxurious, sensuous
  < music arose with its voluptuous swell — Lord Byron >
  < the kind of sleep which you can feel yourself enjoying with an almost voluptuous pleasure — Louis Bromfield >
  < the riotous decor, the voluptuous ceiling, the flowering dazzle of the chandelier — Claudia Cassidy >
  < the voluptuous contortions of dancers — Lewis Mumford >
  < voluptuous narratives of the far-away South Seas — C.R.Anderson >
  < anchorites in their cells are at times tormented by voluptuous visions — Rebecca West >
 b. : suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
  < she was startlingly good-looking, of voluptuous build — Ngaio Marsh >
2. : given to or spent in enjoyments of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications
 < depiction of the voluptuous life — J.D.Hart >
 < a long and voluptuous holiday — Edmund Wilson >
Synonyms: see sensuous
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