Without determiner: a full or ample amount, a sufficiency, more than enough; (more widely) a large number or quantity, a great deal. Originally and…
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance (28) plentya1250 Without determiner: a full or ample amount, a sufficiency, more than enough; (more widely) a large number or quantity, a great deal. Originally and… foison13.. Plenty, abundance, a plentiful supply; a great quantity or number (of persons or things). archaic. abundance1340 An overflowing quantity or amount (of something); a large quantity; plenty. copyc1375 Plenty, abundance, a copious quantity. Obsolete. fultha1400 Fullness; plenty, abundance. Also: = fill, n.1 (in to eat one's fulth). plentya1425 With indefinite article: an abundance; a large amount or quantity (of something). Now rare (chiefly U.S. regional in later use). murth?a1450 A great quantity, an abundance; plenty. a murth of cold: a severe cold. Cf. mort, n.6 store1471 Sufficient or abundant supply (of something needful). †Hence (more fully, great, good store), abundance, large number or quantity (of something… sonsea1500 Abundance, plenty; prosperity; happiness; luck. banquet?1507 transferred and figurative; sometimes ironical. fouth1535 Fullness, plenty. †at fouth: in plenty. choice1584 Abundance and variety to choose from; scope or field for choice. horn of plenty (also abundancec1595 horn of plenty (also abundance: = cornucopia, n. wealth1596 Plenty, abundance, profusion (of what is specified). Also, the condition of abounding in something valuable. cornucopia1611 figurative. An overflowing stock or store. rifea1614 Abundance, plenty. Obsolete. rare. copia1713 Plenty, a plentiful supply: now chiefly in the Latin phrase copia verborum abundance of words, a copious vocabulary. Cf. copy, n. 1c. bumper1759 colloquial. Anything unusually large, abundant, or excellent. Cf. whopper, n., whacker, n., thumper, n., etc. beaucoup1760 In singular or plural. A large amount or number; a lot, lots, plenty. Frequently with of or in beaucoup de (cf. de, prep. 8). lashings1829 plural (originally Anglo-Irish). ‘Floods’, abundance. plethora1835 Usually with of. Originally in pejorative sense: an excessive supply, an overabundance; an undesirably large quantity. Subsequently, and more… any amount (of)1848 Chiefly colloquial. any amount (of): a large or considerable sum or quantity (of). in galore1848 Abundance or plenty (of something); also in galore. opulence1878 figurative. Abundance of a material thing; fullness or plumpness of figure. binder1881 A large quantity, esp. of food; a satisfying meal. dialect and New Zealand colloquial. lushing1890 The action of lush, v.2 Also plural, abundance. Subcategories:— sudden (2) |
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