Front | bounty |
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Pron | ['baʊnti] |
Back | 【bounty】 n.施与 In the early days of the West many states paid a bounty for captured criminals. 早期西方许多国家会施与被俘的罪犯一笔钱。 |
Vocab | bountythe property of copious abundance
If there is bounty on your table, it means there are lots of kinds of foods and plenty of them. If there's a bounty on your head, it means the government has put out a reward for your capture. Bounty derives from the Latin bonus "good." Both meanings of bounty are connected with the idea of generosity, giving. A government known for its bounty will probably set a large bounty on the head of a murderer at large. All forms of 'bounty' will appear on average once every 687 pages. bounteously bounteousness bountifully bountifulness bounteous bountiful bounty |
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