单词 | replete |
释义 | replete —repletely, adv. —repleteness, n. —repletive, adj. —repletively, adv. /ri pleet"/, adj. 1. abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually fol. by with): a speech replete with sentimentality. 2. stuffed or gorged with food and drink. 3. complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations. n. 4. Entomol. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony. [1350-1400; ME repleet < MF replet < L repletus ptp. of replere to fill up (re- RE- + ple(re) to fill, akin to plenus FULL1 + -tus ptp. suffix)] Syn. 2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited. |
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