| 单词 | bountiful |
| 释义 | bountiful (once / 2166 pages) adj Bountiful means abundant or given generously. We celebrate the idea of a bountiful harvest with a Thanksgiving cornucopia overflowing with its bounty of pumpkins, apples, squashes, and cranberries. Bountiful can also mean generously given, with the idea that the original bounty of a harvest came from the gods you prayed to for rain and sun. When you received their gifts, you thanked them for their generosity. Now, bountiful giving is something you might experience with your parents or grandparents, happy just to see you smile on your birthday. WORD FAMILYbountiful: bountifully, bountifulness+/bounteous: bounteously, bounteousness/bounty: bounteous, bounties, bountiful USAGE EXAMPLESThis year's bountiful yields and low interest rates on loans helped many growers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) This year’s bountiful yields and low interest rates on loans helped many growers. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) They heard the shot and disarmed him at Mueller Park Junior High School in Bountiful, about 11 miles north of Salt Lake City. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj producing in abundance the bountiful earth Syn plentiful fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance 2adj given or giving freely bountiful compliments Syn big, bighearted, bounteous, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded generous willing to give and share unstintingly |
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