Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 8

Absorption (n.) 吸收,專心,熱中 The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Absorption (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

Absorption (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

Absorptive (a.) 吸收性的,有吸收力的 Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

Absorptiveness (n.) (Formal) 吸收性 The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

Absorptivity (n.) 吸收性,吸收率 Absorptiveness.

Absquatulate (v. i.) () 開小差;() 潛逃 To take one's self off; to decamp.

Absquatulate (v.) [ I ] (Mainly US humorous) To leave suddenly.

Absque hoc (Phrase) () 沒有這個;無此  The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.

Abstained (imp. & p. p.) of Abstain

Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstain

Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.

Whether he abstain men from marrying. -- Milton.

Abstain (v. i.) [(+from)] 戒;避免;避開;棄權 To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.

Not a few abstained from voting. -- Macaulay.

Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? -- Shak.

Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up; relinquish.

Abstain (v.) Refrain from voting.

Abstain (v.) Choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: {abstain}, {refrain}, {desist}] [ant: {consume}, {have}, {ingest}, {take}, {take in}].

Abstain (v.) [ I ] (Not do) 戒絕,戒除(尤指不好的享樂)To not do something, especially something enjoyable that you think might be bad.

// He took a vow to abstain from alcohol/ smoking/ sex.

Abstain (v.) [ I ] (Not vote) 棄權 To decide not to use your vote.

// 63 members voted in favour, 39 opposed, and 15 abstained.

Abstainer (n.) 節制者,戒酒者,棄權者 One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.

Abstainer (n.) Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline [syn: {abstainer}, {ascetic}].

Abstainer (n.) A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: {abstainer}, {abstinent}, {nondrinker}] [ant: {drinker}, {imbiber}, {juicer}, {toper}].

Abstemious (a.) 節制的,節約的 Abstaining from wine.

Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.

Abstemious (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.

Abstemious (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.

Abstemious (a.) Promotive of abstemiousness.

Abstemious (a.) Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy [ant: {gluttonous}].

Abstemious (a.) Marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" [syn: {abstemious}, {light(a)}].

Abstemious (a.) (Formal) (尤指對飲食或飲酒)戒絕的,有節制的 Not doing things that give you pleasure, especially not eating good food or drinking alcohol.

Abstemiousness (n.) 節制 The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

Abstemiousness (n.) Restricted to bare necessities.

Abstemiousness (n.) Moderation in eating and drinking.

Abstention (n.) 節制,戒絕,避免,棄權 The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

Abstention (n.) 戒絕;節制;棄權 The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn: {abstinence}, {abstention}]

Abstention (n.) (Not voting) 棄權 [ C or U ] The fact of not voting in favour of or against someone or something.

// There were high levels of abstention (from voting) in the last elections.

// There were ten votes in favour, six against, and three abstentions.

Abstention (n.) (Not doing) [ U ] (Formal) 戒除,節制(如飲酒,性行為等方面) Not doing something, such as drinking alcohol or having sex.

// Abstention from alcohol is essential while you are taking this medication.

Abstentious (a.) 有節制的 Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

Absterge (v. t.) 去垢,擦去To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.

Abstergent (a.) .去垢的 Serving to cleanse, detergent.

Abstergent (n.) 洗潔劑 A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.

Absterse (v. t.) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.

Abstersion (n.) 洗淨;淨化 Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

Abstersive (a.) 使潔淨的,去垢的 Cleansing; purging.

Abstersive (n.) Something cleansing.

Abstersiveness (n.) The quality of being abstersive.

Abstinence (n.) 節制,禁欲,戒酒 The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also {total abstinence}.

Compare: Forbearance

Forbearance (n.) [Mass noun] 忍耐,自制;寬容 [U] Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.

His unfailing courtesy and forbearance under great provocation.

Forbearance (n.) [Mass noun] [Law]  The action of refraining from exercising a legal right, especially enforcing the payment of a debt.

Abstinence (n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.

Abstinence (n.) The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn: {abstinence}, {abstention}].

Abstinence (n.) Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite.

Abstinence (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 戒絕,戒除 Not doing something, such as drinking alcohol or having sex.

// The best way to avoid pregnancy is total abstinence from sex.

Abstinency (n.) 禁慾,自制 Abstinence.

Abstinent (a.) 飲食有度的,有節制的,禁欲的 Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.

Abstinent (n.) One who abstains.

Abstinent (n.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

Abstinent (a.) Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" [syn: {abstinent}, {abstentious}].

Abstinent (n.) A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: {abstainer}, {abstinent}, {nondrinker}] [ant: {drinker}, {imbiber}, {juicer}, {toper}].

Abstinent (a.) 飲食有度的,有節制的,禁欲的 Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.

// The patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol.

// Sexually abstinent.

Abstinently (adv.) 有節制地;適度地 With abstinence.

Abstorted (a.) Wrested away.

Abstract (n.) (Philosophy) [C] 摘要,梗概;抽象派藝術作品;抽象概念 A description of a concept that leaves out some information or details in order to simplify it in some useful way.

Abstraction is a powerful technique that is applied in many areas of computing and elsewhere.  For example: {abstract class}, data abstraction, abstract interpretation, abstract syntax, Hardware Abstraction Layer.

Abstract (a.) 抽象的;難懂的,深奧的;純理論的,非實際的 Withdraw; separate. [Obs.]

The more abstract . . . we are from the body. -- Norris.

Abstract (a.) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Abstract (a.) (Logic) Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word. -- J. S. Mill.

Abstract (a.) (Logic) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name. -- Locke.

A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes. -- J. S. Mill.

Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind. "Abstract, as in a trance." -- Milton.

{An abstract idea} (Metaph.), an idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure.

{Abstract terms}, those which express abstract ideas, as beauty, whiteness, roundness, without regarding any object in which they exist; or abstract terms are the names of orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a combination of similar qualities.

{Abstract numbers} (Math.), numbers used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete.

{Abstract mathematics} or {Pure mathematics}. See {Mathematics}.

Abstract (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction. [R.]

I own myself able to abstract in one sense. -- Berkeley.

Abstracted (imp. & p. p.) of Abstract

Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstract

Abstract (v. t.) 提取,分離; 轉移(注意等); 概括,摘錄; <婉辭> 剽竊 To withdraw; to separate; to take away.

He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. -- Sir W. Scott.

Abstract (v. t.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.

The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. -- Blackw. Mag.

Abstract (v. t.) To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. -- Whately.

Abstract (v. t.) To epitomize; to abridge. -- Franjlin.

Abstract (v. t.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.

Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. -- W. Black.

Abstract (v. t.) (Chem.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

Abstract (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstract (n.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.

An abstract of every treatise he had read. -- Watts.

Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. -- Ford.

Abstract (n.) A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

Abstract (n.) An abstract term.

The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety." -- J. S. Mill.

Abstract (n.) (Med.) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with lactose in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

{Abstract of title} (Law), a document which provides a summary of the history of ownership of a parcel of real estate, including the conveyances and mortgages; also called {brief of title}.

Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; synopsis. See {Abridgment}.

Abstract (a.) Existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" [ant: {concrete}].

Abstract (a.) Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting" [syn: {abstract}, {abstractionist}, {nonfigurative}, {nonobjective}].

Abstract (a.) Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science".

Abstract (n.) A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract -- not in person" [syn: {abstraction}, {abstract}].

Abstract (n.) A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: {outline}, {synopsis}, {abstract}, {precis}].

Abstract (v.) Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically.

Abstract (v.) Make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage}, {purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak}, {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}].

Abstract (v.) Consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example".

Abstract (v.) Give an abstract (of).

Abstract (a.) (General) (B2) 抽象的;純理論的,純概念的 Existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object.

// Truth and beauty are abstract concepts. 真和美都是抽象的概念。

Abstract (a.) (辯論或討論)抽象的,空泛的,空洞的 An abstract argument or discussion is general and not based on particular examples.

// This debate is becoming too abstract - let's have some hard facts!

The abstract 抽象概念;理論 General ideas.

// I have difficulty dealing with the abstract - let's discuss particular cases.

// So far we've only discussed the question in the abstract (= without referring to any real examples).

Abstract (a.) (Art) (B2) 抽象(派)的 Used to refer to a type of painting, drawing, or sculpture that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things.

// Abstract art.

// An abstract painter.

Abstract (n.) [ C ] (Short document) 摘要;梗概;概要 A short form of a speech, article, book, etc., giving only the most important facts or ideas.

// There is a section at the end of the magazine that includes abstracts of recent articles/ books.

Abstract (n.) [ C ] (Art) 抽象畫;抽象派藝術作品 A painting that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things.

Abstracted (a.) Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

Abstracted (a.) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.

Abstracted (a.) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.

Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

Abstracted (a.) (Formal) 心不在焉的;出神的 Not giving attention to what is happening around you because you are thinking about something else.

// He gave her an abstracted glance, then returned to his book.

Abstractedly (adv.) 心不在焉地;走神地 In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

Abstractedness (n.) 心不在焉 The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

Abstracter (n.) 摘錄者One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

Abstracter (n.) (Variants: also abstractor) A person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof; specifically : a person who prepares abstracts of title.

Abstraction (n.) 抽象化,心不在焉,提煉,抽象派作品 The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

Abstraction (n.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.

Abstraction (n.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.

Abstraction (n.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.

Abstraction (n.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.

Abstraction (n.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.

Abstraction (n.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

Abstraction (n.) A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" [syn: {abstraction}, {abstract}].

Abstraction (n.) The act of withdrawing or removing something.

Abstraction (n.) The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances [syn: {abstraction}, {generalization}, {generalisation}].

Abstraction (n.) An abstract painting.

Abstraction (n.) Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else [syn: {abstractedness}, {abstraction}].

Abstraction (n.) A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples [syn: {abstraction}, {abstract entity}].

Abstraction (n.) [ U or C ] (Formal) 抽象 The situation in which a subject is very general and not based on real situations.

// She's always talking in abstractions.

Abstractional (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.

Abstractional (a.) Of or relating to abstraction, especially to the consideration of things in the abstract.

Abstractionist (n.) An idealist.

Abstractitious (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation.

Abstractive (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

Abstractively (adv.) In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.

Abstractiveness (n.) 抽象性 The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

Abstractly (adv.) In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

Abstractness (n.) The quality of being abstract.

Abstringe (v. t.) To unbind.

Abstrude (v. t.) To thrust away.

Abstruse (a.) 難解的,深奧的 Concealed or hidden out of the way.

Abstruse (a.) Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.

Abstruse (a.) Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" [syn: {abstruse}, {deep}, {recondite}].

Abstruse (a.) (Formal) 難解的;深奧的 Difficult to understand.

// An abstruse philosophical essay.

Abstrusely (adv.) 難解地;深奧地;隱藏地 In an abstruse manner.

Abstrusely (adv.) In a manner difficult to understand; "the professor's abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students".

Abstruseness (n.) 深奧 The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. -- Boyle.

Abstruseness (n.) The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand [syn: {obscureness}, {obscurity}, {abstruseness}, {reconditeness}] [ant: {clarity}, {clearness}, {limpidity}, {lucidity}, {lucidness}, {pellucidity}].

Abstruseness (n.) Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" [syn: {reconditeness}, {abstruseness}, {abstrusity}, {profoundness}, {profundity}].

Abstrusion (n.) The act of thrusting away. [R.] -- Ogilvie.

Abstrusity (n.) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.

Abstrusity (n.) Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" [syn: {reconditeness}, {abstruseness}, {abstrusity}, {profoundness}, {profundity}].

Absume (v. t.) To consume gradually; to waste away. [Obs.] -- Boyle.

Absumption (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.

Absurd (a.) 不合理的,荒謬的;可笑的,愚蠢的 Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.

This proffer is absurd and reasonless. -- Shak.

'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. -- Pope. -- p. 9

Syn: Foolish; irrational; ridiculous; preposterous; inconsistent; incongruous.

Usage: {Absurd}, {Irrational}, {Foolish}, {Preposterous}. Of these terms, irrational is the weakest, denoting that which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of sound reason; as, an irrational course of life. Foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of mind; as, foolish enterprises. Absurd rises still higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc. Preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in plain terms, a "putting of the cart before the horse;" as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a preposterous regulation or law.

Absurd (n.) An absurdity. [Obs.] -- Pope.

Absurd (a.) Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman.

Absurd (a.) Incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: {absurd}, {cockeyed}, {derisory}, {idiotic}, {laughable}, {ludicrous}, {nonsensical}, {preposterous}, {ridiculous}].

Absurd (n.) A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"-- Albert Camus [syn: {absurd}, {the absurd}].

Absurd (a.) (B2) 荒謬的,荒唐的;愚蠢的;可笑的 Stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way.

// What an absurd thing to say!

// Don't be so absurd! Of course I want you to come.

// It's an absurd situation - neither of them will talk to the other.

// Do I look absurd in this hat?

The absurd 荒誕(的事物);悖理 Things that happen that are stupid or unreasonable.

// The whole situation borders on the absurd.

// She has a keen sense of the absurd.

Absurdities (n. pl. ) of Absurdity

Absurdity (n.) 荒謬;荒誕 [U];荒謬的言行;怪誕的事物 [C] The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.

Absurdity (n.) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.

His travels were full of absurdities. -- Johnson.

Absurdity (n.) A message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: {absurdity}, {absurdness}, {ridiculousness}].

Absurdity (n.) A ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [syn: {absurdity}, {fatuity}, {fatuousness}, {silliness}].

Absurdity (n.)  A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Absurdity (n.) [ U or C ] 荒謬,悖理,荒謬的事 A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

// Standing there naked, I was suddenly struck by the absurdity of the situation.

// There are all sorts of absurdities in the proposal.

Absurdly (adv.) In an absurd manner.

Absurdly (adv.) 荒謬地,悖理地,愚蠢地 In an absurd manner or to an absurd degree.

// You're behaving absurdly.

// It was absurdly expensive.

// An absurdly rich young woman.

Absurdness (n.) 荒謬;愚蠢 Absurdity. [R.]

Absurdness (n.) A message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: {absurdity}, {absurdness}, {ridiculousness}].

Abuna (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.

Abundance (n.) [ S or U ] (Formal) 大量;充足;豐富 The situation in which there is more than enough of something.

// There was an abundance of food at the wedding.

// We had wine in abundance.

Abundant (a.) 大量的;充足的;豐富的;富裕的 [+in] Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." -- Exod. xxxiv. 6.

{Abundant number} (Math.), A number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a {deficient} number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a {perfect} number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.

Syn: Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See {Ample}.

Abundant (a.) Present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water" [ant: {scarce}].

Abundant (a.)  (Formal) 大量的;充足的;豐富的 More than enough.

// An abundant supply of food.

// There is abundant evidence that cars have a harmful effect on the environment.

// Cheap consumer goods are abundant (= exist in large amounts) in this part of the world.

Abundantly (adv.) 大量地,充足地;豐裕地;冗餘地 In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

Abundantly (adv.) In an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely" [syn: {abundantly}, {copiously}, {profusely}, {extravagantly}].

Abundantly (adv.) [ Not gradable ] 大量地,豐富地 Very.

// The solution to the problem seemed abundantly clear.

Aburst (a.) (Not comparable) In a bursting condition.

Aburst (a.) Teeming, filled (with something); bursting out. Only in predicative use.

Aburst (a.) (In British) In a bursting state.

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