commodious

• adj. 宽敞的；方便的

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. Guestrooms are commodious and well-appointed.

客房宽敞舒适且陈设考究。

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2. It is a commodious house.

这是一间宽敞的房屋。

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3. It was a commodious and a diverting life.

这是一种自由自在,令人赏心悦目的生活.

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4. Instead, a comparatively large and commodious chamber with conveniences not enjoyed by the small fry overhead.

换了一个较宽敞的化妆室,装备有楼上那些跑龙套的无名之辈享受不到的便利设施.

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5. 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.

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