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单词 replete
释义 re·plete
I. \rə̇ˈplēt, rēˈp-, usu -lēd.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English repleet, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French replet, from Latin repletus, past participle of replēre to fill up, from re- + plēre to fill — more at full
1.
 a. : fully or abundantly provided : well supplied
  < the race itself is replete with thrills, sometimes with spills — American Guide Series: Ind. >
  < replete with hard and book-learned words, impressively sonorous — R.W.Southern >
 b. : fully or richly charged, imbued, or impregnated
  < a warmly affectionate book, replete with both human and religious value — Frances Witherspoon >
  < a life replete with charm — P.E.More >
2.
 a. : filled
  < a thin limestone bed replete with characteristic echinoids — Science >
 b. : abundantly fed : gorged, surfeited
  < could not face the thought of being replete in a starving world — A.L.Guérard >
 c. : filled out : fat, stout
  < richly and healthily replete, though with less of his substance in stature; a frankly fat gentleman — Henry James †1916 >
3. : complete, full
 < the text is too replete to be used in abbreviated survey or cultural courses — Review of Scientific Instruments >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English repleten, from Latin repletus, past participle of replēre to fill up
1. : to fill to satiety : stuff
 < fat with repleted appetite — Charles Dickens >
2. : replenish
 < mostly stolen … later repleted — Eleanor Clark >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: replete (I)
: a worker ant capable of greatly distending its abdomen and serving as a reservoir of liquid food for the rest of the colony — called also plerergate; compare honey ant
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