opulent

Word family

1 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGvery beautiful, with a lot of decoration, and made from expensive materials 华丽的，豪华的，奢侈的 SYN luxurious

evening dresses in opulent fabrics

用华丽织物做成的晚礼服

2 RICHvery rich and spending a lot of money 极富有的，阔绰的

Europe’s opulent elite

欧洲富裕的精英阶层

—opulence noun [uncountableU]

the size and opulence of the rooms

这些房间的宽敞和豪华

Examples from the Corpus

opulent• For a while, I lived in a trailer, but that began to feel too opulent.• It is only in Rome that you will be overcome by the dark, opulent beauty of the men.• And finally, at the foot of the Royal Mile, one confronts Holyroodhouse, resplendent behind its gates and opulent courtyard.• the opulent Fontainebleau Hotel• Morishita leads an opulent lifestyle.• By early summer it had moved to still more opulent quarters in Hanover Square.• George lost his airy office with the view and the original artworks on its opulent walls.

Origin opulent

(1500-1600) Latin opulentus, from ops “power, help”

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