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sumptuous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sump·tu·ous /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ adjective  EXPENSIVEvery impressive and expensive 豪华的,奢华的,奢侈的 a sumptuous feast 盛宴 a sumptuous palace 一座富丽堂皇的宫殿sumptuously adverbsumptuousness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
sumptuousa sumptuous banquetMeals are served in the intimate restaurant and include a sumptuous buffet breakfast.The restaurant offers a sumptuous buffet-style breakfast each morning and a wide choice of dishes at dinner.Many of the writers are also professional photographers and this certainly shows - the book is crammed full of sumptuous colour pictures.The war prevented this flight and instead the Stratoliner was to become his executive run-about and was fitted with a sumptuous interior.There is also a sumptuous leather-chaired billiard room.After a sumptuous repast he asked the Mayor whether the gallows was prepared.They were given a sumptuous tea and invited back any time they felt like coming.
Origin sumptuous (1400-1500) Old French sumptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus cost
sump·tu·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
expensive impressive Corpus very and


sumptuous
sumptuous /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ adjective
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: sumptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus 'cost'
very impressive and expensive:
    a sumptuous feast
    a sumptuous palace
—sumptuously adverb
—sumptuousness noun [uncountable]


sump·tu·ousBrE /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) very expensive and looking very impressive 华贵的;豪华的;奢华的a sumptuous meal盛宴We dined in sumptuous surroundings. 我们在富丽堂皇的环境中用餐。🔊🔊 sump·tu·ous·ly BrE /ˈsʌmptʃuəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌmptʃuəsli/ 🔊 adverb sump·tu·ous·ness BrE /ˈsʌmptʃuəsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌmptʃuəsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]