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单词 bounteous
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Definition of bounteous in English:

bounteous

adjective ˈbaʊntɪəsˈbaʊn(t)iəs
archaic
  • Generously given or giving; bountiful.

    〈古〉宽宏大量的,慷慨的;丰富的,充裕的

    the earth yields a bounteous harvest

    大地赐予大丰收。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The blessing is believed to be the reason for the bounteous wealth and prosperity enjoyed by the people.
    • Early reports from America told of boundless fecundity in the natural world; bounteous nature seemed to promise that all the commodities Europeans gathered from around the world would grow there.
    • With the festival of lights around the corner, attractive discounts will also be bounteous.
    • It includes magnificent cycle lanes, bounteous fish counters in supermarkets, excellent public transport, Spanish healthcare and, of course, the weather.
    • As they stepped out of the federal building, a burst of spring showered them with nature's most bounteous colours and the clouds parted to let the sun smile upon them.
    • It is the development of a distinctive regional Central Australian cuisine, based on traditional European and Asian cooking techniques, but using the bounteous foods and flavourings that nature has provided locally.
    • The food is - as elsewhere - bounteous and, well, adequate.
    • Shoppers browsed for goods on the bounteous ad pages.
    • This book should not be read unless you're in possession of a bounteous bank balance.
    • Just picture those National Geographic locations where endless deserted sugar sand beaches, severed by rocky outcrops, fall into the nutrient rich bounteous waters of the Cortez sea of dreams and the mighty Pacific Ocean.
    • Still, we Irish are renowned for our bounteous big-heartedness.
    • To enhance the appeal among kids, there were stuffed dolls of Santa Clauses placed among the bounteous flowers.
    • True, what's exhilarating to one person is frustrating to another, so when one considers the vast and growing array of advanced automotive engineering materials it can either look pretty baffling or extremely bounteous.
    • The bookshop was not quite as bounteous as its name suggested.
    • The future for both clubs remains uncertain, although a healthy crowd and a bounteous collection at least assures the home players of continuing wages.
    • Nature is a bounteous paradise for those who play by the rules.
    • Grain fetched high prices due to the war in Europe, and the harvest was bounteous thanks to sufficient rain at the right time.
    • This was in perfect contrast with the model of a village showing bounteous trees and all round greenery, the result of a cleaner and healthier environment.
    • His interests and expertise meshed amazingly well with the museum's bounteous collection of nineteenth-century work.
    • But for some reason I fail to share Polly's bounteous optimism.
    Synonyms
    kindly, good-natured, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, warm-hearted, soft-hearted, good-hearted, tender, caring, feeling, affectionate, loving, warm, gentle, mellow, mild

Derivatives

  • bounteously

  • adverb
    archaic
    • An intriguing array of Ganesha figurines bounteously occupy shelves and tables.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are bounteously gifted filmmakers, but sometimes you just want them to lay off the irony and climb down here with the groundlings.
      • Spring is bounteously green, summers provide a welcome cool, but fall is simply spectacular.
  • bounteousness

  • noun
    archaic
    • Acknowledge the bounteousness of nature, the awe of water falling down out of the sky.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Deliver us all from filmmaking as lumbering and blinkered as this, a purported homage to female wisdom and bounteousness that is instead stodgy and convictionless.
      • But if you have a mind to see the table that he set before them, there too you will see great bounteousness, but the bounteousness came not from excess of wealth, but of the riches of a ready will.
      • You can revel in the bounteousness of nature from the attached balconies of your room in Sun Island Resort.
      • Swiftly they build up a relationship of complete trust and love, a fantasy world such as children fashion--full of secrets, promises, and bounteousness to come.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French bontif, -ive 'benevolent' (from bonte 'bounty'), on the pattern of plenteous.

Definition of bounteous in US English:

bounteous

adjectiveˈboun(t)ēəsˈbaʊn(t)iəs
archaic
  • Generously given or giving; bountiful.

    〈古〉宽宏大量的,慷慨的;丰富的,充裕的

    the earth yields a bounteous harvest

    大地赐予大丰收。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just picture those National Geographic locations where endless deserted sugar sand beaches, severed by rocky outcrops, fall into the nutrient rich bounteous waters of the Cortez sea of dreams and the mighty Pacific Ocean.
    • The bookshop was not quite as bounteous as its name suggested.
    • Shoppers browsed for goods on the bounteous ad pages.
    • The future for both clubs remains uncertain, although a healthy crowd and a bounteous collection at least assures the home players of continuing wages.
    • The food is - as elsewhere - bounteous and, well, adequate.
    • It includes magnificent cycle lanes, bounteous fish counters in supermarkets, excellent public transport, Spanish healthcare and, of course, the weather.
    • The blessing is believed to be the reason for the bounteous wealth and prosperity enjoyed by the people.
    • His interests and expertise meshed amazingly well with the museum's bounteous collection of nineteenth-century work.
    • As they stepped out of the federal building, a burst of spring showered them with nature's most bounteous colours and the clouds parted to let the sun smile upon them.
    • True, what's exhilarating to one person is frustrating to another, so when one considers the vast and growing array of advanced automotive engineering materials it can either look pretty baffling or extremely bounteous.
    • But for some reason I fail to share Polly's bounteous optimism.
    • With the festival of lights around the corner, attractive discounts will also be bounteous.
    • Grain fetched high prices due to the war in Europe, and the harvest was bounteous thanks to sufficient rain at the right time.
    • Nature is a bounteous paradise for those who play by the rules.
    • Still, we Irish are renowned for our bounteous big-heartedness.
    • It is the development of a distinctive regional Central Australian cuisine, based on traditional European and Asian cooking techniques, but using the bounteous foods and flavourings that nature has provided locally.
    • To enhance the appeal among kids, there were stuffed dolls of Santa Clauses placed among the bounteous flowers.
    • This book should not be read unless you're in possession of a bounteous bank balance.
    • This was in perfect contrast with the model of a village showing bounteous trees and all round greenery, the result of a cleaner and healthier environment.
    • Early reports from America told of boundless fecundity in the natural world; bounteous nature seemed to promise that all the commodities Europeans gathered from around the world would grow there.
    Synonyms
    kindly, good-natured, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, warm-hearted, soft-hearted, good-hearted, tender, caring, feeling, affectionate, loving, warm, gentle, mellow, mild

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French bontif, -ive ‘benevolent’ (from bonte ‘bounty’), on the pattern of plenteous.

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