bonanza

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n. 富矿带, 带来好运的事物, 幸运

发音

US /bəˈnæn.zə/

词形变化

bonanzas 复数 bonanzas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.

    商务 采矿
  2. 2.

    The point at which two mother lodes intersect.

  3. 3.

    Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.

    比喻 引申义

    The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

boom gravy godsend windfall gold rush bunce manna from heaven

上位词 4

happening vein occurrence occurrent

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (mălăkĭ́ā)bor. Latin malacia ▲ Latin bonusinflu. Vulgar Latin *bonacia Spanish bonanzabor. English bonanza Borrowed from Spanish bonanza (“dead calm, fair weather, good luck, rich lode”), from Vulgar Latin *bonacia (“lull, dead calm”), in turn from Latin malacia (“calm sea”), influenced by bonus (“good”) under the false impression that initial mal- is a derivate of malus (“bad”).

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