rife

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a. 流行的, 盛传的, 充满的

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US
UK /ɹaɪf/
AU

词形变化

rifer 比较级 rifer rifest rifest 最高级 more rife 比较级 most rife 最高级

释义与例句

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).

    Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.

  2. 2.

    Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.

    Red deer are rife in these woodlands.

    Seeds are rife in a watermelon.

  3. 3.

    Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).

    充斥

    Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.

  4. 4.

    Having power; active; nimble.

    废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    Plentifully, abundantly.

    The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

dominant prevailing prevalent predominant overabundant plethoric

近义相关 2

frequent abundant

词源

From Middle English rife, from Old English rīfe, rȳfe (“rife, abundant, frequent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīb, from Proto-Germanic *rībaz (“generous”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear (off), rip”). Cognate with West Frisian rju (“rife, much”), Dutch rijf (“abundant, copious”), Low German rive (“abundant, munificent”), Icelandic rífur (“rife, munificent”), Faroese ríviligur (“plentiful, abundant”), Faroese rívan (“abundantly”), Icelandic reifa (“to bestow”).

来源：wiktionary