请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 ample
释义

ample

[ am-puhl ]
/ ˈæm pəl /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR ample ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective, am·pler, am·plest.

fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
of sufficient or abundant measure; liberal; copious: an ample reward.
of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount; large; spacious; roomy: ample storage space.

Origin of ample

1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French <Latin amplus wide, large

SYNONYMS FOR ample

2 generous, free, abounding, lavish, plenteous, overflowing.
3 extensive, vast, great, capacious.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR ample ON THESAURUS.COM

ANTONYMS FOR ample

2 scanty, meager.
SEE ANTONYMS FOR ample ON THESAURUS.COM

synonym study for ample

1. See plentiful. 2. Ample, liberal, copious, profuse describe degrees of abundant provision. Ample implies a plentiful provision: to give ample praise. Liberal implies provision from a generous supply (more than ample but less than copious ): Liberal amounts of food were distributed to the needy. Copious implies an apparently inexhaustible and lavish abundance: a copious flow of tears. Profuse implies a still more unrestrained abundance of provision or flow: profuse in his apologies.

OTHER WORDS FROM ample

am·ple·ness, noun

Words nearby ample

amphotericin, amphotericin B, amphoterism, amphotropic virus, ampicillin, ample, amplexicaul, amplexifoliate, amplexus, ampliate, ampliation
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for ample

British Dictionary definitions for ample

ample
/ (ˈæmpəl) /

adjective

more than sufficient; abundantan ample helping
large in size, extent, or amountof ample proportions

Derived forms of ample

ampleness, noun

Word Origin for ample

C15: from Old French, from Latin amplus spacious
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 23:35:25