profusion

英 [prəˈfjuːʒn]

美 [prəˈfjuːʒn]

n.  大量; 众多

Collins.1 / BNC.14630 / COCA.15972

牛津词典

noun

• 大量；众多
  a very large quantity of sth
  1. a profusion of colours
     色彩斑斓
  2. Roses grew in profusion against the old wall.
     老墙边遍生玫瑰。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING-COLL 大量；丰富
  If there is aprofusion ofsomething or if it occursin profusion, there is a very large quantity or variety of it.
  1. The Dart is a delightful river with a profusion of wild flowers along its banks...
     达特河是一条令人心旷神怡的河，岸边到处开着野花。
  2. Olive groves, grapes, and citrus fruits grow in profusion.
     橄榄、葡萄和柑橘类水果产量丰富。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being extremely abundant
  1. the profusion of detail
  2. the idiomatic richness of English
  Synonym:profusenessrichnesscornucopia

双语例句

• The house was overflowing with a profusion of ornaments.
  这幢房子上的装饰物太多了。
• She'd never seen flowers so beautiful and in such profusion.
  她从未见过开得如此美丽、茂盛的鲜花。
• There is a profusion of flowers in the garden in summer; flowers grow there in profusion.
  夏天这个花园里有很多花，那里长着大量的花。
• There are dark shadows under and around my eyes, which make me look exhausted, a profusion of wrinkles and strange reddish blotches, and my skin lacks any lustre.
  我的眼部周围有黑眼圈，看起来十分疲惫，脸上还有许多皱纹和奇怪的红斑。我的皮肤看起来毫无光泽，死气沉沉。
• For architects and designers it means that beauty should depend on a few carefully chosen structural elements rather than a profusion of superficial ornament.
  对建筑师和设计者来说，这意味着美应该依赖于一些精心选择的结构性的元素，而不是过多的表面装饰。
• This religion has impressed many disillusioned or bored Christians by its tolerance, its profusion of religious emotion.
  这种宗教以它的宽容，它的丰富的宗教感情给许多幻想破灭了的或厌倦的基督教徒以深刻的印象。
• Olive groves, grapes, and citrus fruits grow in profusion.
  橄榄、葡萄和柑橘类水果产量丰富。
• The profusion of colours in the world around us very much exceeds the individual colours seen in the visible spectrum.
  在我们周围的世界中，彩色种类的丰富程度，大大超过了在可见光谱上所看到的各种彩色。
• East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
  东印度的一种乔木，花多且密集，丝绒质地，呈朱红色，可产一种黄色染料。
• The world is in riotous profusion and novel, the cell-phone is excellent and beautiful.
  世界是缤纷新奇的，手机是精彩绚丽的。