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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- abound [ə'baυnd]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to exist or occur in abundance; be plentiful
- a swamp in which snakes abound
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2.
vi.
[
foll by withor in] to be plentifully supplied (with); teem (with)- the gardens abound with flowers
- the fields abound in corn
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3.
vi.
[Etymology]
C14: via Old French from Latin abund
a re to overflow, from unda re to flow, from unda wave
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to exist or occur in abundance; be plentiful
Examples
- Tropical plants abound in the jungle．
- 丛林中长满热带植物。 → abound
- woods that abound with game
- 多猎物的树林 → abound
- a swamp in which snakes abound → abound
- the gardens abound with flowers → abound
- the fields abound in corn → abound
- 盛产煤铁
- abound in coal and iron → 盛产
- 水产丰富
- abound in aquatic products → 水产
- 拥有丰富的矿藏
- have rich mineral resources; abound in mineral resources → 拥有
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