abundance
/bundnss/
  • noun 1 a very large quantity. 2 the state of having a very large quantity; plentifulness: vines grew in abundance. 3 the amount of something present in a particular area, volume, or sample.
ORIGIN Latin abundantia, from abundare ‘overflow’
n.
大量, 充足
There was an abundance of corn last year.
去年玉米丰收
abundance of the heart
热情洋溢; 感情充沛。
abundance [singular, uncountable]
a large quantity of something
abundance of
an abundance of wavy red hair
in abundance
One quality the team possessed in abundance was fighting spirit.
accidental
  • adjective 1 happening by accident. 2 incidental; subsidiary.
  • noun Music a sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note.
DERIVATIVES accidentally adverb.
意外的; 偶然(发生)的
Our meeting in New York was quite accidental.
我们在纽约的会见完全是偶然的。
继承用法
accidentally
adv.
  参考词汇
[同义词]
accidental  fortuitous  casual  incidental  adventitious
acreage 
[ˈeikəridʒ]
n.
英亩数
He has a very large acreage under the plough.
他有很大面积的耕地。
angle2
  • verb 1 fish with a rod and line. 2 seek something desired by indirectly prompting someone to offer it: she was angling for sympathy.
  — DERIVATIVES angler noun angling noun.
ORIGIN Old English.
annual
  • adjective 1 occurring once a year. 2 calculated over or covering a year. 3 (of a plant) living for a year or less.
  • noun 1 a book or magazine of a series published once a year. 2 an annual plant.
  — DERIVATIVES annually adverb.
  — ORIGIN Latin annualis, from annus ‘year’
assault
  • noun 1 a violent attack. 2 Lawarchaic an act that threatens physical harm to a person. 3 a concentrated attempt to do something difficult.
  • verb make an assault on.
  — DERIVATIVES assaultive adjective.
  — ORIGIN from Old French assauter, from Latin saltare ‘to leap’.
berry
  • noun (pl. berries) 1 a small roundish juicy fruit without a stone. 2 Botany a fruit that has its seeds enclosed in a fleshy pulp, e.g. a banana or tomato.
  — ORIGIN Old English
cattle
  • plural noun large ruminant animals with horns and cloven hoofs, domesticated for meat or milk or as beasts of burden; cows and oxen.
  — ORIGIN Old French chatel ‘chattel’
chorus
  • noun (pl. choruses) 1 a part of a song which is repeated after each verse. 2 something said at the same time by many people. 3 a large group of singers, especially one performing with an orchestra. 4 a piece of choral music, especially one forming part of an opera or oratorio. 5 (in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment on the main action.