Lavish

['lævɪʃ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; 'He was showered with praise'.

(adj.) very generous; 'distributed gifts with a lavish hand'; 'the critics were lavish in their praise'; 'a munificent gift'; 'his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent'; 'prodigal praise'; 'unsparing generosity'; 'his unstinted devotion'; 'called for unstinting aid to Britain' .

(adj.) characterized by extravagance and profusion; 'a lavish buffet'; 'a lucullan feast' .

比安卡手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

(a.) Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

(v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

埃斯特尔校對

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, extravagant, too free, over-liberal.

v. a. Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly.

杰克逊整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Pour, heap, squander, waste

ANT:Husband, store, keep, retain, accumulate, hoard, treasure, spare

SYN:Profuse, unsparing, extravagant, bountiful, wasteful, prodigal

ANT:Chary, sparing, niggardly, economical, dainty, close, retentive

希勒尔錄入

解釋/意思:

v.t. to expend profusely: to waste.—adj. bestowing profusely: prodigal: extravagant: unrestrained.—adv. Lav′ishly.—ns. Lav′ishment Lav′ishness.

欧文整理