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lavish 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈlaviSH/,
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Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious,
  1. Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious
    • - a lavish banquet
  2. (of a person) Very generous or extravagant
    • - he was lavish with his hospitality
  3. Spent or given in profusion
    • - lavish praise
Verb
  1. Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities upon
    • - the media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film
  2. Cover something thickly or liberally with
    • - she lavished our son with kisses
  1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
  2. very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for ...
  3. characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
  4. (lavishly) extravagantly: in a wasteful manner; "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap"
  5. (lavishly) in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated"
  6. (lavishness) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
  7. (lavishness) extravagance: excessive spending
  8. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise; Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise; Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits
  9. (lavishness) The property of being lavish