af·flu·ent /-ənt/
(a.)富裕的,富足的,豐富的
Af·flu·ent a.
1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. “Affluent blood.”
2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
Language . . . affluent in expression. --H. Reed.
Loaded and blest with all the affluent store,
Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. --Prior.
Af·flu·ent, n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
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affluent
adj : having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
"an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash";
"not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats";
"wealthy corporations" [syn: flush, loaded, moneyed,
wealthy]
n 1: an affluent person; a person who is financially well off;
"the so-called emerging affluents"
2: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary]
[ant: distributary]