| 英语单词 | countless |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['kaʊntləs] 美 ['kaʊntləs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.无数的;多的数不清的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) There are countless stars in the sky. (2) In early spring sunlight scattered countless dust. (3) There were countless trees in the forest. (4) We received cash, hams, turkeys, and countless boxes of candy. (5) No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself publications. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 天上有无数的星星。 (2) 初春的阳光散落无数的尘埃。 (3) 森林中有数不清的树。 (4) 我们收到了现金、火腿、火鸡,还有数不清的盒糖。 (5) 由于出版了不计其数的教人自己动手做事的书报杂志,没有人再能说对某事一无所知。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Countless means more than you could possibly count. If you have countless reasons why you love living in New York, there are so many reasons that you can't list them all. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Countless is a good adjective to use when you want to emphasize how endless, huge, or immeasurable something is. Your could say that smoke detectors save countless lives each year, or that your principal has tried countless times to ban soda at school, only to be outvoted by the student council over and over. The word dates from the 16th century, from the verb count, with its Old French root, conter, "add up." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]无数的;数不尽的 Countless means very many. [ADJ n]
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