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ful·some
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fulsomely (adv.), fulsomeness (n.)
词根:fulsome
adv.fulsomely 过分地;令人作呕地
n.fulsomeness 虚情;谄媚
adjective
characterized by abundance : copious fulsome bird life. The feeder overcrowded—Maxine Kumin
describes in fulsome detail—G. N. Shuster
generous in amount, extent, or spirit a fulsome victory for the far left—Bruce Rothwell the greetings have been fulsome, the farewells tender—Simon Gray
the passengers were fulsome in praise of the plane's crew—Don Oliver
being full and well developed
she was in generally fulsome, limpid voice—Thor Eckert, Jr.
aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive the devil take thee for a … fulsome rogue—George Villiers
fulsome lies and nauseous flattery—William Congreve
exceeding the bounds of good taste : overdone
the fulsome chromium glitter of the escalators dominating the central hall—Lewis Mumford
excessively complimentary or flattering : effusive
an admiration whose extent I did not express, lest I be thought fulsome—A. J. Liebling
13世纪中期,“丰富,充足”,中古英语复合词,由 ful “充满”(见 full(形容词))和 -som “到相当程度”(见 -some(1))组成。也许是一种讽刺的轻描淡写。意义扩展到“丰满,喂饱”(14世纪中期),然后是“引起恶心”(类似于吃撑的感觉),14世纪晚期。通过“引起恶心”的意义,它被用于语言,“令人反感的口味或良好的礼仪”(15世纪初); 特别是“过分奉承”(1660年代)。然而,自20世纪60年代以来,它通常被用于其最初的、有利的意义,特别是在 fulsome praise 中。相关: Fulsomely; fulsomeness。
Middle English fulsom copious, cloying, from full + -som -some
The first known use of fulsome was in the 14th century
fume1 of 2noun
a disagreeable smoke, vapor, or gas—usually used in plural
acid fumes
fume2 of 2verb
to expose to or treat with fumes
to give off fumes
to show bad temper or anger
fumble1 of 2verb
to feel about for or handle something clumsily
fumble2 of 2noun
an act or instance of fumbling
a fumbled ball
fumble1 of 2verb
to feel about for or handle something clumsily
fumble2 of 2noun
an act or instance of fumbling
a fumbled ball
fulsomeadjective
very full or complete
described in fulsome detail
very or overly flattering
praised the boss in fulsome terms
fulsomeadjective
very full or complete
described in fulsome detail
very or overly flattering
praised the boss in fulsome terms
fulsomeadjective
very full or complete
described in fulsome detail
very or overly flattering
praised the boss in fulsome terms
1 Neon hues of orange and pink glistened off the wet sidewalks and the fulsome chrome grills of a Buick Super and Ford Customline.
2 Sex—top marks! devil Now make it more personal... a bit more fulsome, please.
3 The violinist Mischa Elman, renowned for his rich tone, once listened patiently to a backstage visitor’s fulsome praise of his violin’s sound.
4 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Whedon requested via email that the cast look over the script and respond with questions, comments or "fulsome praise."
5 But Young is opening a book that has no time for batting heroics or fulsome electrically lit baseball diamonds in approaching night.
6 Brooklyn too is changed: white hipster waiters with fulsome beards serving artisanal cocktails, black old-timers getting “We Buy Homes for Cash!” fliers jammed under their doors.
7 Other days she says, with a voice of fulsome determination, “I want that college degree.”
8 Now and then, when the going gets emotionally tough, Frida and even the less reflective Diego will have a very brief go at a fulsome operatic phrase, but the beat picks up in no time.
9 He was fulsome in his praise of the Prime Minister.
他称赞首相时有溢美之词。
10 Trump delivered a constant, unhinged and fulsome pelting of dubious examples, strange retorts, immature insults and outright lies.
11 Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president.
报纸上对前总统都是些溢美之词。
12 His fulsome approach is not ideally suited for the short-story form, which by default tends to be more slender and elliptical.
13 Ibsen counters, also improbably, with a clipping of fulsome praise he carries around written by the young James Joyce.
14 Arendt’s book is a crucial work of history that set out the Nazi regime’s crimes in careful and fulsome detail.
15 Estraven took leave of me and turned away; he was never fulsome in his greetings and farewells.
16 His fulsome Wikipedia entry states that he left South Africa for the UK “where he began his career which ultimately led to a string of multinational companies”.
17 Afghanistan and Pakistan , who will remain key strategic allies for Obama, were more fulsome.
仍将是奥巴马关键战略盟友的阿富汗和巴基斯坦, 则显得过分恭维了.
18 On the evidence of Ms. Simon’s fulsome descriptions of their intimacy and the terse, angry, distant spouse she describes, he is not apt to be one of her enthusiastic readers.
19 I was disgusted by his fulsome flattery.
我讨厌他那过分的谄媚。
20 Sorry tale: Tiger Woods has made several fulsome apologies to his wife Elin for his serial infidelity
道歉的故事:泰格·伍兹因其一系列不忠行为,向妻子伊玲做了多次道歉。
1 令人作呕
loathy sick sickly nauseous lurid queasy loathsome mawkish loathly disgustful queasily fulsomely chunderous nasty creepy disgusting lousy slimy rancid odious stinking mucky odoriferous loathful gross-out disgust
2 令人厌恶的
sick-making scuzzy offensive foul shocking disgusting repellent shitty hideous horrid repulsive frightful revolting loathsome unsavoury execrable disgustful farmyard sicken
3 大量
long free round heavy fat vast frequent substantial generous flush ample abundant large-scale plentiful lavish lousy copious opulent voluminous goodly greatly galore aplenty block cut-and-come-again raft oodles scads lashings world lot power deal host collection load bag mountain sea volume Mass army rain sight wealth stack acre pile bulk abundance legion regiment slew avalanche amplitude drove spate truckload gob cornucopia shoal cartload mickle rife much everything umpteen a peck of by the gross a good many like fun like flies by the dozen meikle large healthy rich mass extensive liberal endless macro Wealthy substantive affluent helluva massed unstinted volumed big heavily freely manifold lavishly lashins lakh body store kind chance score pack river plenty crowd array universe quantity mess barrel ton bundle packet gallon considerable bucket mint tub cargo flock multitude heap herd generosity swarm embarrassment deluge wad bushel peck slather ream multiplicity ruck boatload profusion fistful lashing grist immensity scad feck mort shipload cloudburst muchness trunkful bagful sackful routh skinful jugful barrelful quiverful jollop jorum at wholesale enough and to spare by considerable quite a little whips of a great deal bags of any amount in gross no end of
4 谄媚
oily slimy servile unctuous obsequious sycophantic kiss ass subservient smarmy blarney crawl creep toady brown-nose lick boots be all over flattering flattery flatter
5 惹人厌恶的
6 过分
too-too such tall steep stiff outrageous extravagant egregious exorbitant stupendous unmerited immoderate unmerciful overmuch prohibitively inordinately exorbitantly immoderately fulsomely immoderation exorbitance be- overdo ride to death run into the ground out of all bounds by half to the sky to the skies heavy fancy terrific unreasonable undue full super- bellyful over- beyond measure over the top go too far to a fault
7 令人厌恶
sick-making scuzzy offensive foul shocking disgusting repellent shitty hideous horrid repulsive frightful revolting loathsome unsavoury execrable disgustful farmyard stink sicken
9 丰富
bounteous plenteous full healthy rich fat liberal pregnant generous ample abundant prolific plentiful lavish affluent copious opulent exuberant unstinted richly aplenty cut-and-come-again plenitude lashings quantity wealth abundance amplitude rife awash abound exuberate overflow horn of plenty teemful plenitudinous demoid large productive Wealthy lush redundant fertile hearty enriched teeming voluminous prodigal profuse luxuriant largely galore liberally fatly riches scouth plenty pregnancy riot fertility generosity opulence profusion affluence fecundity profligacy variegation oodles luxuriance routh affluency desterilize increase enrich fertilize lard irrigate richen quite a little bags of in plenty stiff with
11 丰富的
wealthy dark Rich alive ample abundant prolific fertile plentiful galore copious bountiful wanton aplenty bounteous plenteous overbrimming for Africa a gogo full healthy rich fat liberal pregnant generous lavish affluent opulent exuberant unstinted rife awash teemful plenitudinous demoid large productive Wealthy lush redundant hearty enriched teeming voluminous prodigal profuse luxuriant bags of
13 大量的
long wealthy round serious Mass massive extensive vast liberal substantial flush infinite legion abundant prolific plentiful substantive heavy-duty galore bountiful aplenty lank billion gazillion power mess wall-to-wall a good deal up the wazoo a gogo free heavy fat frequent generous ample large-scale lavish lousy copious opulent voluminous goodly greatly block rife a peck of a good many by the dozen much large healthy volume rich mass bulk endless macro Wealthy affluent helluva massed unstinted volumed enough and to spare whips of bags of no end of
14 腻味的
15 过分恭维
16 令人作呕的
loathy sick sickly nauseous lurid queasy loathsome mawkish loathly disgustful sick-making offensive gross foul objectionable slimy icky sicken vomitive disgust chunderous nasty creepy disgusting lousy rancid odious stinking mucky odoriferous loathful gross-out
17 可厌的
annoying cursed bothersome tiresome accursed yucky beastly loathsome unlovely rebarbative loathly
18 过分的
too-too such tall steep stiff outrageous extravagant egregious exorbitant stupendous unmerited immoderate unmerciful overmuch out of all bounds heavy fancy terrific unreasonable undue over the top
19 使人呕吐
20 人呕吐
21 言过其实的
23 奉承的