• vi. 富于；充滿

前綴ab-,離開。詞根und, 水，詞源同water, 字母w脫落，見undulate, 波動的。字面意思為水漫過堤岸的，后指大量的。

abound

abound: [14] Abound has no connection with bind or bound. Its Latin source means literally ‘overflow’, and its nearest relative among English words is water. Latin undāre ‘flow’ derived from unda ‘wave’ (as in undulate), which has the same ultimate root as water. The addition of the prefix ab- ‘a(chǎn)way’ created abundāre, literally ‘flow away’, hence ‘overflow’, and eventually ‘be plentiful’.

The present participial stem of the Latin verb gave English abundant and abundance. In the 14th and 15th centuries it was erroneously thought that abound had some connection with have, and the spelling habound was consequently common.
=> inundate, surround, undulate, water

abound (v.)

early 14c., from Old French abonder "to abound, be abundant, come together in great numbers" (12c.), from Latin abundare "overflow, run over," from Latin ab- "off" (see ab-) + undare "rise in a wave," from unda "water, wave" (see water (n.1)). Related: Abounded; abounding.

1. Stories abound about when he was in charge.

關(guān)于他在任時的傳聞多不勝數(shù)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Stories about his travels abound.

有關(guān)他游歷的故事多得很。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Questions abound as to the reasons for the president's decision.

關(guān)于總裁作出這一決定的理由,人們提出了各種各樣的疑問.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Apples abound here all the year round.

這里一年到頭都有很多蘋果.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Products abound and the people are happy.

物阜民康.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》