cornucopia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɔː.njəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/    美 /ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/|/ˌkɔɹ.njəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions. Greek,countable,uncountable
    — Device, an anchor held by a hand from the clouds: behind the anchor are a kind of brackets, in the form of cornucopiæ, croſſed; […]
  2. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things. countable,uncountable
  3. An abundance or plentiful supply. countable,uncountable
    — The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.

词形变化

cornucopias plural cornucopiae plural cornucopiæ archaic,plural

词汇关系

近义词
horn of plenty abundance choice cornucopia gold mine horn of Amalthea plethora profusion treasure trove wealth
下位词
bevy
衍生词
cornucopia machine cornucopian cornucopia sofa cornucopiate pornocopia
相关词
copious abundant

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *kornū
Latin cornū
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.
Proto-Italic *opis
Latin ops
Latin cōps
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin cōpia
Latin cornūcōpiabor.
English cornucopia
Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.
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