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单词 plentiful
释义 plen·ti·ful
\ˈplentə̇fəl, -tēf-\ adjective
1. : containing or yielding plenty : fruitful, opulent
 < a plentiful land >
 < a plentiful supper of roast and boiled beef and mutton — W.H.Hudson †1922 >
2. : characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty : numerous
 < the deer are as plentiful as the vast wilderness will support — S.H.Holbrook >
 < his religion … summoned him to serve the plentiful reform movements of the day — V.L.Parrington >
Synonyms:
 plenteous, ample, abundant, copious: these adjectives have the common meaning of more than adequate or sufficient yet not in excess. That is plentiful or plenteous of which there is a rich or full, usually more than full, supply
  < a plentiful supply of books >
  < butter is cheap when it is plentiful, and dear when it is scarce — G.B.Shaw >
  < aluminum, one of the world's most plentiful elements — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
  < a plenteous number of individual poems — College English >
  < a plenteous harvest — J.G.Frazer >
  That is ample which is generously sufficient to satisfy a particular requirement
  < manufacturers had ample supplies on hand to meet the emergency — Current Biography >
  < provide ample opportunity for fieldwork with Indian tribes — D.G.Mandelbaum >
  < ample proof of the power of words — advt >
  abundant suggests a greater or richer supply than does plentiful
  < her unselfish and abundant interests — Rex Ingamells >
  < the many small denominational colleges so abundant throughout the Middle West — G.P.Merrill >
  copious, not quite interchangeable with plentiful, puts emphasis upon largeness of supply more than on fullness or richness
  < his papers were copious and bizarre, and it took me nearly two hours to find the will — John Cheever >
  < his copious flaxen curls — Richard Garnett †1906 >
  < wahsed down with copious drafts of beer — Green Peyton >
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