|
thrive 音標拼音: [θr'ɑɪv] vi. 繁榮,興旺,茁壯成長 繁榮,興旺,茁壯成長 thrive v 1: grow vigorously; " The deer population in this town is thriving"; " business is booming" [ synonym: { boom}, { thrive}, { flourish}, { expand}] 2: make steady progress; be at the high point in one' s career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; " The new student is thriving" [ synonym: { thrive}, { prosper}, { fly high}, { flourish}] Thrive \ Thrive\ ( thr[ imac] v), v. i. [ imp. { Throve} ( thr[= o] v) or { Thrived} ( thr[ imac] vd); p. p. { Thrived} or { Thriven} ( thr[ i^] v"' n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Thriving}.] [ OE. [ thorn] riven, Icel. [ thorn] r[ imac] fask; probably originally, to grasp for one' s self, from [ thorn] r[ imac] fa to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. { Thrift}.] 1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry. [ 1913 Webster] Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. " They by vices thrive." -- Sandys. [ 1913 Webster] O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives? -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] And so she throve and prospered. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil. [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " thrive": advance, arrive, batten, be energetic, be vigorous, bloom, blossom, boom, brew, burgeon, burst with energy, come on, develop, fatten, flourish, flower, fructify, gather, germinate, go, grow, grow fat, grow up, have energy, hypertrophy, increase, make out, mature, mushroom, outgrow, overdevelop, overflow with energy, overgrow, overtop, procreate, progress, prosper, pullulate, reproduce, ripen, score, shoot up, spring up, sprout, sprout up, succeed, tower, turn out well, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|