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effusive

/ih-fyoo-siv/US // ɪˈfyu sɪv //UK // (ɪˈfjuːsɪv) //

滔滔不绝,慷慨激昂,滔滔不绝的,踊跃发言

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
    • : pouring out; overflowing.
    • : Geology. extrusive.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.gushing, profuse

Examples

  • Still, their summary of the literature isn’t all that effusive.

  • Michael, an effusive 8-year-old who often provided his classmates with updates on his morning, was the last to respond.

  • That means suspending your feelings about your ex and, if not being effusive with him — probably too much to ask — then striving for something more than merely civil.

  • On the other hand, he was positively effusive about the former first lady and New York senator.

  • Baltimore Sun television columnist David Zurawik has been positively effusive.

  • When a Texan came along he was effusive, exclaiming “fantastic” as he posed for picture.

  • Armstrong is especially effusive about HuffPo founder Arianna Huffington, whom he calls a “world-class entrepreneur.”

  • The praise was so effusive that the Cannes jury awarded Dern the Best Actor prize.

  • Not that he understood why she was so much more effusive than of old, but if it augured a happier life together, he was glad.

  • There was somethine in Chopin's warm, tender, effusive friendship that may be best characterised by the word "feminine."

  • The house was frequented by all the friends of the host, who were obsequiously effusive in smiles, flattery, and genuflections.

  • The Duke's reply was little more effusive than the note he had sent last.

  • I ain't waxin' effusive over this savage, and it's agin my principles ever to shake hands with a coloured man.