| 单词 | plethora |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pleθərə] |
| 解释 | n.过量，过剩 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 过量，过剩(excess, superfluity) 【考】 反义词：dearth(缺乏 ); scarcity(缺乏) 【记】 pleth(满)+ora(嘴)→ 满嘴是食物→过剩 【例】 a plethora of regulations(泛滥的 规章) |
| 字源 | plethora (n.) 1540s, a medical word for "excess of body fluid," from Late Latin plethora, from Greek plethore "fullness," from plethein "be full" (see pleio-). Figurative meaning "too-muchness, overfullness in any respect" is first recorded 1700. Related: Plethoric. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 过量, 过剩 = excess = superfluity; 多血症 【记】pleth满, ora说－说满了还说－过剩; 多余 【参】deplete(vt 耗尽), de不, plete满 【反】dearth = scantiness = shortage = scarcity(n 缺乏) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】plet- 满，多，近于plenty，plenty + whole；complete + whole 完成全部，还有多余 【相关】complete 完成，完全的，deplete 耗尽, 使衰竭，replete充满的，suppletory 增补物，附助的 |
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