aboundとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈbaʊnd/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈbaʊnd/
• 韻: -aʊnd

動詞

abound (三人称単数 現在形 abounds, 現在分詞 abounding, 過去形および過去分詞形 abounded)

1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]^[1]
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18^th century.]^[1]
3. (intransitive) To be highly productive.
4. (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]^[1]

   Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Romans 5:20:

     Where sin abounded grace did much more abound.

   • 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:

     One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].

5. (intransitive) To revel in. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18^th century.]^[1]
6. (intransitive) To be copiously supplied

   The wilderness abounds in traps.

   • 1858-1860, George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World

     the wild boar, which abounds both in Azerbijan and in the country about Hamadan

使用する際の注意点

• (copiously supplied): Abound is followed by in or with.

派生語

関連する語

参考

• bountiful

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