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

• 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？
• Diligence is a money-spinner, thrifty is the cornucopia.
  勤是摇钱树，俭是聚宝盆。
• 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。
• The book is a cornucopia of information.
  书是知识的宝库。
• 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。
• The symbols of Helios were horses 'heads, a crown of seven rays, a cornucopia, and a ripened fruit.
  赫利奥斯的象征物是马头、七彩王冠、羊角盛器和成熟的水果。
• These days, most organizations possess plenty of multiple divisions with various levels and types of computing resources, and a cornucopia of policies designed to manage those resources.
  现在，很多组织都拥有很多不同级别、不同类型的计算资源，并且有许多用来管理这些资源的策略。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。