Sumptuous

(a.) Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.

录入:卢卡斯

• A sumptuous man was the Farmer-General. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I should like to see your pictures, Louis, said Caroline, when the sumptuous luncheon was discussed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• After our sumptuous dinner, Lord Arthur proposed our driving over to Portsmouth to see the play. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• In a quarter of an hour Monseigneur was ready, and sat down alone to his sumptuous and choice supper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• How fared my intercourse with the sumptuous H?tel Crécy? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Am I right in my conjecture that Mr. Osborne entertained a society of chosen spirits round his sumptuous board last night? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• From the hangings and sumptuous furniture of the room I judged it to be a living-room of some priestess, possibly of Issus herself. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Osborne gave a sumptuous reward to the Sergeant when he parted with him, after having visited the scenes of his son's last exploits. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In one sumptuous bed they had all slept in succession, but no one occupies it now. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This night, this splendid assembly, these sumptuous apartments, and this adornment of your tearful girl, are all united to celebrate your abdication. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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