| 单词 | richness |
| 释义 | richness (once / 1281 pages) n Richness is a quality or characteristic, either of having a lot of money or of being plentiful. The richness of exotic bird life in Hawaii may be much more appealing to you than the richness of your wealthy neighbors. When you use the noun richness to talk about an abundance of something, you're emphasizing how luxurious or bountiful it is. And if you mention the richness of a meal or a dessert, you're talking about its delicious, fatty, and filling nature: "The richness of this chocolate mousse is off the charts!" Sometimes richness also means "intensity," as in the richness of the deep blue sky. WORD FAMILYrichness: richnesses+/enrich: enriched, enriches, enriching, enrichment/enrichment: enrichments/rich: enrich, richer, richest, richly, richness USAGE EXAMPLESIn the richness of his poetic imagination, as shown in these three etudes, Trifonov may be peerless today . Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It needs to be dark enough to cut the round, sweet richness of the custard: Aim for dark amber. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) In conversations with Hustvedt, the observation is slightly different: it’s hard not to be amazed at the richness, the texture of her views. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) 1n abundant wealth they studied forerunners of richness or poverty the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty Syn|Hypo|Hyper affluence comfort, ease a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state lap of luxuryin conditions of wealth and comfort wealth, wealthiness the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money 2n the quality of having high intrinsic value the richness of the mines and pastureland the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive Hyper value the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable 3n the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth he praised the richness of the soil Syn|Hyper fertility, prolificacy, rankness fecundity, fruitfulness the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth 4n the property of being extremely abundant the idiomatic richness of English Syn|Hypo|Hyper cornucopia, profuseness, profusion overgrowth a profusion of growth on or over something else greenness, verdancy, verdurethe lush appearance of flourishing vegetation wildernessa bewildering profusion abundance, copiousness, teemingness the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply 5n the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance Syn|Hyper fullness, mellowness property a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class 6n splendid or imposing in size or appearance impressed by the richness of the flora Syn|Hypo|Hyper grandness, impressiveness, magnificence expansiveness, expansivity a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand loftiness, majesty, statelinessimpressiveness in scale or proportion excellence the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree 7n a strong deep vividness of hue the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room Hyper shade, tincture, tint, tone a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color |
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