wealthy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɛl.θi/    美 /ˈwɛl.θi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively. countable,plural,plural-only,uncountable
    — ... whether consumption patterns of the wealthy are more or less polluting than those of the poor depends on the contaminant in question.
  2. A rich person. countable,uncommon
    — F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.
形容词 adj.
  1. Possessing financial wealth; rich.
    — As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent of the city dwellers are admitted.
  2. Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

词形变化

wealthier comparative more wealthy comparative wealthiest superlative most wealthy superlative wealthies plural

词汇关系

近义词
bow-legged wi' brass comfortably off filthy rich loaded minted moneyed moneybags of means oofy rich rich as Croesus rolling rolling in dough rolling in it upper crust wealthy well-endowed well-heeled well off well-to-do
反义词
impoverished poor
上位词
affluent solvent prosperous
下位词
independently wealthy uberwealthy ultrarich ultrawealthy billionaire millionaire new money nouveau riche old money born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
衍生词
independently wealthy
相关词
upscale wealth sugar daddy nabob well-paid

词源

词源 1
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).
词源 2
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).
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