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wealthy* - 英语词汇详解 (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：rich (wealthy*)

wealthy* 🔊

/ˈwɛlθi/

adj.

Describes someone or a group that has a lot of money, property, and valuable things, allowing them to live a very comfortable life.

rich 🔊

➕

/rɪtʃ/

adj.

Having a lot of money, property, or valuable possessions.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：初级

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Wealth + -y (suffix meaning 'having the quality of').

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'well-thy'—if you are healthy (well), you feel wealthy.

📖 Example

She was born into a wealthy family and had private tutors from a young age. 🔊 She was born into a wealthy family and had private tutors from a young age.

🔗 Collocations

wealthy family – a family with significant financial assets

wealthy businessman – a businessman who has accumulated great wealth

become wealthy – to acquire substantial riches

🔄 Synonyms

affluent (adj.) – Having a great deal of money; wealthy.

prosperous (adj.) – Successful in material terms; flourishing financially.

opulent (adj.) – Ostentatiously rich and luxurious.

🚫 Antonyms

poor (adj.) – Having little or no money or material possessions.

impoverished (adj.) – Reduced to poverty; deprived of wealth.

🌱 Derivatives

wealth (n.) – An abundance of valuable possessions or money.

wealthily (adv.) – In a wealthy manner.

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Middle English 'welthe', from 'wele' meaning happiness or well-being, plus the suffix '-th', originally referring to well-being before shifting to material riches.

Meaning 2：abundant (wealthy*)

wealthy* 🔊

/ˈwɛlθi/

adj.

Describes a place, land, or country that is rich in natural resources, producing a lot of crops, minerals, or other valuable things.

abundant 🔊

➕

/əˈbʌndənt/

adj.

Describing a place or land that is rich in natural resources, minerals, or agricultural yield.

📁 Category：Natural Geography 🔖 Level：中级

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The country is wealthy in natural resources, famous for its abundant fruit harvests and fine wines. 🔊 The country is wealthy in natural resources, famous for its abundant fruit harvests and fine wines.

🔗 Collocations

wealthy in resources – having an abundance of natural assets

wealthy land – fertile and productive territory

wealthy region – an area rich in valuable natural deposits

🔄 Synonyms

fertile (adj.) – Capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.

bountiful (adj.) – Generously given or produced; plentiful.

resource-rich (adj.) – Having a large supply of natural resources.

🚫 Antonyms

poor (adj.) – Having a low yield or scarce resources.

barren (adj.) – Too poor to produce much or any vegetation.