lush

adj.茂盛的，郁郁葱葱的；adj.奢华的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
lush (adjective)
1.
a) growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage - lush grass
b) lavishly productive as
(1) - fertile
(2) - thriving
(3) characterized by abundance - plentiful
(4) - prosperous profitable
2.
a) - savory delicious
b) appealing to the senses - the lush sounds of the orchestra
c) - opulent sumptuous lush accommodations profuse
lush (noun)
1.
slang intoxicating liquor - drink
2.
a habitual heavy drinker - drunkard
lush (verb)
slang - drink
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
lush (adjective)
1.
covered with a thick healthy natural growth
SYNONYMS:
green, grown, leafy, luxuriant, overgrown, verdant
RELATED WORDS:
fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangled
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere ( sear), waterless
barren, leafless
lush (adjective)
2.
growing thickly and vigorously
SYNONYMS:
lush, luxuriant, prosperous, rampant, weedy
RELATED WORDS:
lavish, profuse; overgrown, overrun, verdant; close, dense, tangled, thick
NEAR ANTONYMS:
dormant; blighted, stunted
sparse
lush (adjective)
3.
very pleasing to the sense of taste
SYNONYMS:
ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delish, flavorful, flavorsome, luscious, lush, mouthwatering, palatable, savory ( savoury), scrumptious, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, toothy, yummy
RELATED WORDS:
digestible, eatable, edible; delightful, heavenly, pleasing; agreeable, gratifying, pleasant; satisfying; choice, delicate, exquisite, rare
NEAR ANTONYMS:
banal, boring, commonplace, tedious; noisome, smelly, stinky; noxious, unwholesome; miserable, wretched; abhorrent, abominable, awful, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent ( repellant), repugnant, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant
distasteful, flat, flavorless, insipid, stale, tasteless, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky ( yukky)
lush (adjective)
4.
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
SYNONYMS:
booming, boomy, flourishing, golden, halcyon, healthy, lush, palmy, prospering, roaring, successful, thriving
RELATED WORDS:
affluent, moneyed ( monied), opulent, rich, substantial, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do; comfortable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
declining, dying, failing, floundering, languishing, struggling; bankrupt, bankrupted, insolvent
depressed, unprosperous, unsuccessful
lush (adjective)
5.
pleasing to the physical senses
SYNONYMS:
carnal, fleshly, luscious, lush, sensuous, voluptuous
RELATED WORDS:
bodily, corporeal; agreeable, delectable, delicious, delightful, dreamy, gratifying, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, scrumptious; epicurean, luxurious, self-indulgent
NEAR ANTONYMS:
harsh, painful, uncomfortable; disgusting, foul, hideous, icky
lush (adjective)
6.
producing abundantly
SYNONYMS:
cornucopian, fat, fecund, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich
RELATED WORDS:
bearing, generative, producing, yielding; abounding, abundant, bountiful; copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plentitudinous; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving; creative, inventive, original
NEAR ANTONYMS:
meager ( meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse
barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive
lush (noun)
1.
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
SYNONYMS:
alcoholic, alkie ( alky), boozehound, boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunkard, inebriate, juicehead, juicer, lush, rummy, soak, soaker, sot, souse, tippler, toper, tosspot
RELATED WORDS:
swigger, swiller; wino
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abstainer, nondrinker, teetotaler ( teetotaller), teetotalist
lush (noun)
slang
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
SYNONYMS:
aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle, drink, firewater, grog, hooch, inebriant, intoxicant, John Barleycorn, juice, liquor, lush, moonshine, potable, rum, sauce, spirits, stimulant, strong drink, tipple
RELATED WORDS:
aperitif, bracer, chaser, digestif, nightcap; belt, load, nip, peg [], pop, shooter, shot, slug, snifter, snort, tot, whet; cocktail, mixed drink; ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski [], home brew, malt liquor, microbrew, mum, nappy []; mead, sake ( saki), wine; barley-bree ( barley-broo) [], brandy, gin, liqueur, mao-tai, mescal, schnapps, tequila, vodka, whiskey ( whisky); Dutch courage
nonintoxicant
lush (verb)
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
SYNONYMS:
bib, booze, guzzle, liquor (up), lush (up), soak, tipple
RELATED WORDS:
carouse, revel; imbibe, nip
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abstain
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