commodious

英 [kə'məʊdɪəs] 美[kə'modɪəs]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词roomy

GRE

1. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense);: "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"

commodious: commodious: [15] Latin commodus meant ‘convenient’. It was a compound adjective formed from com- ‘with’ and modus ‘measure’, and thus meaning literally ‘conforming with due measure’. From it was derived the medieval Latin adjective commodiōsus, which passed, probably via French commodieux, into English. This originally meant ‘advantageous, useful, convenient’, and it was not really until the 16th century that it developed the meaning ‘affording a conveniently large amount of space’.

The noun derivative commodity entered English in the 14th century, and from earliest times had the concrete meaning ‘article of commerce’, deriving from the more general sense ‘something useful’. Commodus was borrowed into French as commode ‘convenient’, which came to be used as a noun meaning both ‘tall headdress for women’ and ‘chest of drawers’. English adopted the word in the 17th century, and in the 19th century added the new sense ‘chair housing a chamber pot’ (a semantic development paralleling the euphemistic use of convenience for lavatory).
=> commode, commodity
commodious (adj.): early 15c., "beneficial, convenient," from Medieval Latin commodiosus "convenient, useful," from Latin commodus (see commode). Meaning "roomy, spacious" first attested 1550s. Related: Commodiously; commodiousness.

Their habitation was not merely respectable and commodious, but even dignified and imposing.: 他们的居所既宽敞舒适又尊严气派.

His house is spacious and commodious, and furnish with profusion and elegance.: 他的房子宽敞而便利, 布置得富丽优雅.

There are 15 villas, total 228 suites with deluxe view of mountain and ocean commodious balcony.: 酒店15幢别墅共有228间多款豪华山海景礼佛客房,每间客房可将远近的山光海色、园林景致尽收眼底.

Rooms are commodious, comfortaBle and airy, each with a specious roofed Balcony overlooking the sea.: 客房宽大、舒适,空气新鲜, 有宽敞带顶的阳台,间间面向大海.