sumptuous

adjective
🔊/ˈsʌmptʃuəs/
🔊/ˈsʌmptʃuəs/
(formal)
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  1. very expensive and looking very impressive华贵的;豪华的;奢华的
    • a sumptuous meal盛宴
    • We dined in sumptuous surroundings.我们在富丽堂皇的环境中用餐。🔊🔊
    • The interior is decorated in sumptuous reds and golds.内部装饰着华丽的红色和金色。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySumptuous is used with these nouns:
    • banquet
    • dinner
    • feast
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘made or produced at great cost’): from Old French somptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus ‘expenditure’, from sumere ‘take’.