英语词汇“thriving”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that's thriving is doing very well. You have a thriving cupcake business if you can hardly bake enough to keep up with your customers' orders.

Use the adjective thriving to describe something that's healthy — like your new puppy — or profitable and busy — like your dad's car dealership. A thriving Mexican food truck always has a long line in front of it, and a thriving publisher puts out many popular books. Thriving comes from the verb thrive, and its Old Norse root word, þrifask, which means both "thrive" and "grasp to oneself," from þrifa, "to clutch or grasp."

WORD FAMILY

thriving: thrivingest, thrivingly+/thrive: thrived, thriven, thrives, thriving, throve

USAGE EXAMPLES

Between these two extremes exists the little-known but thriving world of interscholastic floor hockey at yeshiva high schools in New York City and surrounding towns.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Ahlschwede said although the vet may be thriving at his or her new career, he or she may need some guidance along the way.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Over the years, her steadily expanding family of eight children all started their preschool years at the center, and they are thriving in school.

Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)

adj very lively and profitable

a thriving tourist center
did a thriving business in orchids

Syn

booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring
successful

having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

单词	thriving
释义	thriving (once / 1593 pages) adj Something that's thriving is doing very well. You have a thriving cupcake business if you can hardly bake enough to keep up with your customers' orders. Use the adjective thriving to describe something that's healthy — like your new puppy — or profitable and busy — like your dad's car dealership. A thriving Mexican food truck always has a long line in front of it, and a thriving publisher puts out many popular books. Thriving comes from the verb thrive, and its Old Norse root word, þrifask, which means both "thrive" and "grasp to oneself," from þrifa, "to clutch or grasp." WORD FAMILY thriving: thrivingest, thrivingly+/thrive: thrived, thriven, thrives, thriving, throve USAGE EXAMPLES Between these two extremes exists the little-known but thriving world of interscholastic floor hockey at yeshiva high schools in New York City and surrounding towns. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ahlschwede said although the vet may be thriving at his or her new career, he or she may need some guidance along the way. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Over the years, her steadily expanding family of eight children all started their preschool years at the center, and they are thriving in school. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) adj very lively and profitable a thriving tourist center did a thriving business in orchids Syn booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring successful having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
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