| 单词 | plenteous |
| 释义 | plenteous (once / 5656 pages) adj Something that's plenteous is abundant — there's plenty of it. If the spaghetti at dinner is plenteous, you won't think twice about having seconds, or even thirds. You can use the adjectives plenteous and plentiful interchangeably, although plenteous is the more literary and poetic of the two words. A farmer might say happily, "The corn harvest sure was plenteous this year!" or you could say, "My friends are so plenteous, I'm having trouble choosing just three to invite to my pool party this weekend." Plenteous was originally plentivous, from the Old French plentiveus, "fertile," from plentee, "abundance." WORD FAMILYplenteous: plenteously, plenteousness+/plentiful: plentifuler, plentifully, plentifulness/plenty: plenteous, plenties, plentiful USAGE EXAMPLESTo put it succinctly, Truman took the side of a tiny people with no oil against a plenteous people with lots of it. Washington Post(Mar 02, 2015) Giving people plenteous options in a private, free market would be the best way to make health insurance accessible and affordable. US News(Jul 08, 2014) “Little TREMBLER, fear no more, Thou hast plenteous crops in store; Seeds, by genial sorrows sown, More than all thy scorners own. Moore, Edward Caldwell, Moores Fables for the Female Sex(2012) adj affording an abundant supply a plenteous grape harvest Syn ample, copious, plentiful, rich abundant present in great quantity |
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