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

• 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。
• The book is a cornucopia of information.
  书是知识的宝库。
• He is often associated with a sceptre, cornucopia, or Cerburus, the three-headed dog.
  他常与节杖，丰饶之角，三个头的地狱看门狗。
• Diligence is a money-spinner, thrifty is the cornucopia.
  勤是摇钱树，俭是聚宝盆。
• 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。
• I'm a veritable cornucopia of talent.
  我是个真正的天才。
• Physicists expect these super-energetic collisions between protons and later between far heavier lead nuclei to produce a cornucopia of subatomic particles never before seen on earth.
  物理学家预计，在质子之间以及未来进行的在重得多的铅原子核之间的超高能对撞，将产生大量地球上未曾有过的亚原子粒子。
• 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。
• Our cornucopia is the human mind and heart.
  我们富足是由于人类的智慧和热情。
• This symbol was called a cornucopia or horn of plenty.
  这被看作是丰富的象征，或者称作丰富的角。