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abound

英 [ə\"baʊnd] 美 [ə\"baʊnd]
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    vi. 富于;充满


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vi. 富于;充满

中文词源


abound 大量

前缀ab-,离开。词根und, 水,词源同water, 字母w脱落,见undulate, 波动的。字面意思为水漫过堤岸的,后指大量的。

英文词源


abound

abound:

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Abound

has no connection with

bind

or

bound

. Its Latin source means literally ‘overflow’,a,n,dits nearest relative among English words is

water

. Latin

undāre

‘flow’ derived from

unda

‘wave’ (as in

undulate

), which has the same ultimate root as

water

. The addition of the prefix

ab

- ‘away’ created

abundāre

, literally ‘flow away’, hence ‘overflow’,a,n,deventually ‘be plentiful’.

The present participial stem of the Latin verb gave English

abundant

and

abundance

. In the 14tha,n,d15th centuries it was erroneously thought that

abound

had some connection with

have

,a,n,dthe spelling

habound

was consequently common.

=> inundate, surround, undulate, water

abound (v.)

early 14c., from Old French

abonder

\\\\\\\"to abound, be abundant, come together in great numbers\\\\\\\" (12c.), from Latin

abundare

\\\\\\\"overflow, run over,\\\\\\\" from Latin

ab-

\\\\\\\"off\\\\\\\" (see ab-) +

undare

\\\\\\\"rise in a wave,\\\\\\\" from

unda

\\\\\\\"water, wave\\\\\\\" (see water (n.1)). Related:

Abounded

; abounding.

双语例句


1. Stories

abound

about when he was in charge.

关于他在任时的传闻多不胜数。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Stories about his travels

abound

.

有关他游历的故事多得很。

来自《权威词典》

3. Questions

abound

as to the reasons for the president\\\\\\\"s decision.

关于总裁作出这一决定的理由,人们提出了各种各样的疑问.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Apples

abound

here all the year round.

这里一年到头都有很多苹果.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Products

abound

a,n,dthe people are happy.

物阜民康.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》