cornucopia

英 [ˌkɔːnjuˈkəʊpiə]

美 [ˌkɔːrnjuˈkoʊpiə]

n.  丰饶角，丰饶角饰(艺术作品中装满水果和鲜花、形似动物角的装饰物); 丰盛; 丰富; 丰饶

复数：cornucopias　

GRE医学

BNC.32658 / COCA.21423

牛津词典

noun

• 丰饶角，丰饶角饰（艺术作品中装满水果和鲜花、形似动物角的装饰物）
  a decorative object shaped like an animal's horn, shown in art as full of fruit and flowers
• 丰盛；丰富；丰饶
  something that is or contains a large supply of good things
  1. The book is a cornucopia of good ideas.
     这部书里有无数好主意。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 丰盛;丰富;丰饶
  Acornucopia ofthings is a large number of different things.
  1. ...a cornucopia of fruits...
     丰盛的水果
  2. ...a table festooned with a cornucopia of fruit.
     用很多水果装饰的桌子

英英释义

noun

• the property of being extremely abundant
  1. the profusion of detail
  2. the idiomatic richness of English
  Synonym:profusionprofusenessrichness
• a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
  Synonym:horn of plenty

双语例句

• I'm a veritable cornucopia of talent.
  我是个真正的天才。
• Traces of a cornucopia of different chemicals sprayed all over his clothes
  大量不同化学药品喷剂的痕迹遍布他的全身
• Would you create a massive organisation of paid experts with layers of editors producing tomes that are controlled by copyright and trademark? Or would you wait for hobbyists, scientists and volunteer encyclopedists to produce, and search engines to organise, a cornucopia of information?
  你会创建一个由有偿专家和各类编辑组成的庞大组织，创作受到版权和商标保护的鸿篇巨制，还是等待爱好者、科学家和自告奋勇的百科全书编纂者来创作、由搜索引擎来整理一本信息大全呢？
• Panzhihua ( previously named Dukou) in Sichuan Province, bordering Yunnan, which sits in the confluence of Jinsha River and Yalong River, is abundant in mineral, water, forest resources together with unique climate resources, thus known as the "best cornucopia".
  攀枝花市（原名渡口市）位于川滇交界的金沙江和雅砻江汇合处，以富饶的矿产资源、罕见的水能资源、丰富的森林资源和独特的气候资源而誉为甲天下的聚宝盆。
• This module defines a cornucopia of assertion methods, but rather than being extended, Ruby's TestCase class includes the assertion as a mix-in.
  这个模块定义了许多断言方法，但是Ruby不对这个模块进行扩展，Ruby的TestCase类以mix-in的形式包含assertion。
• It is true that the new digital media have made available an extraordinary cornucopia of information and ideas for those people who want to look for it.
  不错，新的数字媒体为那些主动的读者提供了极其丰富的信息与创意。
• Some of the most well-known concert halls in the world, such as the Royal Festival Hall, provide favorable venues for the cornucopia of performances in London.
  伦敦有一些世界上最负盛名的音乐厅，如皇家节日厅，为伦敦各类音乐演出提供了良好的场所。
• Over the years, I've ripped my music onto various computers and, in the process, muddled my MP3 collection to the point where I have numerous directories representing a cornucopia of music.
  多年以来，我把我的音乐截取到不同的计算机上，在这个过程中，我的MP3收藏乱到了这样一种层度：只是表示品种丰富的音乐目录就有一大堆。
• But metal and earth does have the magical power to ensnare me in this cornucopia.
  但「金」与「土」就是有着一份魔力，让我忘返的溜连这个大观园。
• The deviations from "rational behaviour" were not the wonderful cornucopia of humanist motivations you might imagine.
  偏离“理性行为”，并非像你可能想象的那样，是人类动机的普遍产物。