| 单词 | bounteous |
| 释义 | bounteous (once / 5427 pages) adj Things that are bounteous are plentiful and generously given. Your friends might celebrate your birthday by bringing you a bounteous armful of flowers. Farmers planting their crops in the spring hope for a bounteous harvest in the summer, and the very best elementary school teachers have bounteous amounts of affection for children. Bounteous things are found in great abundance. The word's original, fourteenth century meaning was "full of goodness," from the noun bounty, or "generosity." The Latin root is bonitatem, or "goodness." WORD FAMILYbounteous: bounteously, bounteousness+/bountiful: bountifully, bountifulness/bounty: bounteous, bounties, bountiful USAGE EXAMPLESHere, the bowls of borscht are bounteous, the mountain air is crisp, the views boundless. Slate(Oct 31, 2016) You need that sense of bounteous indulgence, so make it big, and take the Michelin Man jokes on the chin. The Guardian(Sep 09, 2016) We have long thought of America as the most bounteous of nations. Time(Sep 07, 2016) adj given or giving freely the bounteous goodness of God Syn big, bighearted, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded generous willing to give and share unstintingly |
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