plen·ty /ˈplɛnti/
許多,大量,充足的,豐富(a.)充裕的,足夠的,很多的
Plen·ty n.; pl. Plenties in --Shak. Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. “Plenty of corn and wine.” --Gen. xxvii. 28. “Promises Britain peace and plenty.” --Shak.
Houses of office stuffed with plentee. --Chaucer.
The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. --Thomson.
Syn: -- Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.
Plen·ty, a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.]
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries. --Shak. (Folio ed.)
Those countries where shrubs are plenty. --Goldsmith.
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plenty
n 1: a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" [syn:
plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good
deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, pot, quite
a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
adv : as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is
nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough]