- 1大量的、豐富的(常指汗、血、道歉、稱讚,有「湧出來」的感覺)
Profuse means there is a very large amount of something — so much that it feels as if it is pouring out. The word likes certain partners. People talk of profuse sweating (you are soaked), profuse bleeding (a lot of blood), profuse apologies, profuse thanks, or profuse praise — they keep giving them, almost too many. Flowers can be profuse in spring.
Profuse「profuse」 means意思是 there is a very large amount of something某樣東西的量非常大 — so much that多到 it feels as if it is pouring out感覺好像要滿出來一樣。The word這個詞 likes certain partners喜歡搭配特定的字。People人們 talk of會說 profuse sweating (you are soaked)「profuse sweating」(汗流浹背)、profuse bleeding (a lot of blood)「profuse bleeding」(大量出血)、profuse apologies「profuse apologies」(一再道歉)、profuse thanks「profuse thanks」(一再道謝), or或 profuse praise「profuse praise」(一再稱讚)— they keep giving them他們一直給, almost too many幾乎給得太多。Flowers花 can be profuse可以開得很茂盛(profuse) in spring在春天。
Though actually, it is not a calm word for ‘many’. A shelf with many books is not ‘profuse books’. You use it when something : liquid, feeling, flowers, words of thanks.
Though actually不過其實, it它 is not a calm word for ‘many’不是一個用來平淡表示「很多」的字。A shelf with many books一個放很多書的書架 is not不能說是 ‘profuse books’「profuse books」。You你 use it會用它 when something overflows當某樣東西滿出來的時候: liquid, feeling, flowers, words of thanks像液體、情感、花,或感謝的話語。
It is a little formal. In speech, a lot of, pouring, or wet will do for sweat; endless for apologies. There is a rare old verb to profuse, ‘to pour out’, but almost only meet the adjective.
It它 is a little formal有點正式。In speech在口語裡, a lot of, pouring, or soaking wet「a lot of」、「pouring」或「soaking wet」 就夠用來形容汗水了; endless「endless」(沒完沒了) for apologies用在道歉上也可以。There is有 a rare old verb to profuse一個罕見的舊動詞to profuse, ‘to pour out’意思是「傾洩而出」, but但 learners學習者 almost only meet幾乎只會遇到 the adjective形容詞的用法。
core核心畫面
組成From Latin profusus, ‘poured out’.
同家族的字
- profuselythe adverb: sweating profusely, apologizing profusely
- profusionthe usual noun: a very large amount of something
- profusenessanother noun from the same adjective, less common than profusion
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
profuseadj/pɹəˈfjuːs/
- 1
abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.
- She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.
- profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure
profuseverb/pɹəˈfjuːs/
- 1
obsoleteTo pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
- Mercury, thy help hath been profused
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