abound

英 [?'ba?nd] 美[?'ba?nd]

CET6+TEM4IELTSGRE考研TOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?abounds;過(guò)去式:?abounded;過(guò)去分詞:?abounded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?abounding;

abound 大量

前綴ab-,離開。詞根und, 水，詞源同water, 字母w脫落，見undulate, 波動(dòng)的。字面意思為水漫過(guò)堤岸的，后指大量的。

abound: abound: [14] Abound has no connection with bind or bound. Its Latin source means literally ‘overflow’, and its 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- ‘a(chǎn)way’ created abundāre, literally ‘flow away’, hence ‘overflow’, and eventually ‘be plentiful’.

The present participial stem of the Latin verb gave English abundant and abundance. In the 14th and 15th centuries it was erroneously thought that abound had some connection with have, and the 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.

1. Stories abound about when he was in charge.: 關(guān)于他在任時(shí)的傳聞多不勝數(shù)。

3. Questions abound as to the reasons for the president's decision.: 關(guān)于總裁作出這一決定的理由,人們提出了各種各樣的疑問(wèn).