cornucopia
发音
英 [ˌkɔ:njuˈkəʊpiə]
美 [ˌkɔrnjuˈkoʊpiə]
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- n.
- 丰饶角（象征丰饶的羊角，角内呈现满溢的鲜花、水果等）
单词词源
cornucopia 丰饶角
corn, 同horn, 角。copia, 大量，丰富，词源同copy. 来自希腊神话中宙斯为报答母山羊Amalthea的养育之恩，赐予这只山羊羊角提供取之不尽的物品的神力。
双语例句
- 1. Zigzagging through a cornucopia of words , pictures , video and sounds , they say , distracts more than strengthens readers .
- 他们说，在一个包括文字、图片、视频和声音的聚宝盆里摸索，会削弱而不是加强读者的注意力。
- 2. There are lots of other hypotheses for the evolution of homosexuality , although they are not the " infinite cornucopia " that leszek kolakowski postulated could be argued for any given position .
- 还有许多其他同性恋的进化假说，虽然他们不是莱谢克柯拉柯夫斯基假定在任何情况下都能进行讨论的“无限的聚宝盆”。
- 3. The microscopic world is a cornucopia of beautiful images ; most any finalist in nikon 's small world contest or the olympus bioscapes digital imaging competition deserves inclusion on this year-end image list .
- 显微镜下的世界是一个装着各种美景的聚宝盆；大多数参加尼康小世界大赛或奥林巴斯显微数码摄影大赛的选手的作品都值得列入年终图像列表。
- 4. As a result , there exists a veritable cornucopia of fda-approved erectile dysfunction medicines and very few treatments for female sexual dysfunction , which amounts to yet another way that pharmaceutical companies pretend women don 't exist .
- 结果就有了一个名副其实的聚宝盆，一种经fda批准的治疗勃起功能障碍的药物，而对女性性功能障碍的治疗少之甚少，好像医药公司认定女性就不存在性功能障碍似的。
- 5. Opportunities for energy populism abound : it cannot be long before one of the major parties abandons the pale green consensus and starts invoking an oil cornucopia it cannot possibly deliver .
- 能源至上的各种论调将比比皆是：要不了多长时间，就会有一个政治大党放弃微弱的环保共识，转而画饼充饥，企望一个该党不可能带给大众的石油聚宝盆。