核心畫面

Picture a suitcase that closes easily with room to spare. The point is not that there is a lot — it is that there is more than the job needs, so nothing is tight. English then lends that comfortable roominess to describing a body or a shape as full.

可以想成:一個輕鬆就闔得起來、裡面還有空位的行李箱。重點不在「很多」,而在「比需要的還多」,所以一點都不擠。英文接著更多收起可以想成:一個輕鬆就闔得起來、裡面還有空位的行李箱。重點不在「很多」,而在「比需要的還多」,所以一點都不擠。英文接著把這份寬鬆的餘裕借去形容身形或線條,說它豐潤好看。兩邊共通的都是「空間綽綽有餘」的感覺。

From the picture

形容身形豐潤

把「空間有餘」的感覺移到形狀上:線條飽滿、不緊繃,帶著正面的意味。

pleasantly full-shaped · adjective · C1

Large in a soft, pleasant way — used in writing about shapes that look full and nice.

豐滿的;寬大好看的

Also in this word

more than enough · adjective · C1

More than enough for what is needed — used about time, space, proof, or supplies.

充足的;充裕的

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

ampledet/ˈæm.pəl/

  • 1

    A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.

    • We have ample time to finish the task.
    • It is a large house with ample space for all of us.
  • 2

    A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.

    • We don't need any more. We already have ample.

ampleadj/ˈæm.pəl/

  • 1

    Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

    • We have an ample supply of water
    • She has a very ample bosom.
  • 2

    Very adequate.

    • It was pointed out to me that the security was ample, and as I had no practical knowledge of house-valuing there was nothing to be gained by inspecting it.
  • 3

    Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

    • an ample story

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。