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Profuse Adj Extravagant Prə'Fju:S A.很多的;浪费的 英 很多的(Bountiful Lavish);浪费的(Extravagant

单词 profuse
音标 [prə'fju:s]
解释 a.很多的;浪费的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 很多的(bountiful; lavish);浪费的(extravagant)
【考】 反义词:scant(不足 的); scanty(不足的)
【记】 pro(向前)+fuse(流) →向前流→大量的
【例】 a profuse spender(大手大脚花 钱的人) / There was a profuse amount of ice on the airplane's wing.
字源 profuse (adj.)
early 15c., "lavish, extravagant," from Latin profusus "spread out, lavish, extravagant," literally "poured forth," noun use of past participle of profundere "pour forth," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)). Meaning "bountiful" is from c.1600. Related: Profusely; profuseness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 极其丰富的 = extravagant = copious
【记】pro向前, fuse流-向前流-大量的
【反】scant(adj 缺乏的); scanty(adj 缺乏的)
趣味全助记 【记】pro 前 + fuse 流,倒出,向前流;
【相关】confuse 都熔在一起了→使混淆,defuse 去掉雷管,diffuse 向外熔化流动→ 散开, 弥漫,effuse涌出流出,fuse 熔化成液体,熔合,雷管,引信,infuse 流入,interfuse 混合,obfuscate 使困惑,暗淡,perfuse 灌注,profuse 充满,丰富,refuse 再熔化成没有的东西→废物,拒绝,suffuse 充满,transfuse 注入,灌输

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