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单词 cornucopia
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cornucopia

(kɔːʳnjʊkoʊpiə)
singular noun
A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
[literary]
...a cornucopia of fruits.
...a table festooned with a cornucopia of fruit. [+ of]

cornucopia in British English

(ˌkɔːnjʊˈkəʊpɪə)
noun
1.  Greek mythology
the horn of Amalthea, the goat that suckled Zeus
2. 
a representation of such a horn in painting, sculpture, etc, overflowing with fruit, vegetables, etc; horn of plenty
3. 
a great abundance; overflowing supply
4. 
a horn-shaped container
Derived forms
cornucopian (ˌcornuˈcopian)
adjective
Word origin
C16: from Late Latin, from Latin cornū cōpiae horn of plenty

cornucopia in American English

(ˌkɔrnəˈkoʊpiə; ˌkɔrnjuˈkoʊpiə)
noun
1.  Greek Mythology
a horn of the goat that suckled Zeus: it becomes full of whatever its owner wants
2. 
a representation in painting, sculpture, etc. of a horn overflowing with fruits,flowers, and grain; horn of plenty
3. 
an overflowing fullness; abundance
4. 
any cone-shaped container
Word origin
L cornu copiae, horn of plenty: see horn & copious

Examples of 'cornucopia' in a sentence
cornucopia

Twenty-two years later, despite its cornucopia of Oscars, this was now a film largely forgotten.
Delman, David DEATH OF A NYMPH (2001)
In the growing light lorries unloaded: from under their canvas what seemed a cornucopia, a river of flower heads, flowed.
Harvey, John COUP D'ETAT (2001)
The cornucopia had stubbornly remained through her six years of checkups, gathering dust, the reds and oranges fading on the waxy peels.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001)
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