replete

UK/rɪ'pliːt/US/ri'pli:t/

GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Filled or well-supplied with something (usually + with).

充满……的，富于……的（常与 with 连用）。

adj.

(formal) Full after eating; well-fed.

（正式）吃饱的，饱足的。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

re-again, back

pletefill, full

=replete

re- (intensive, 'thoroughly') + plete (filled, from plēre) = 'thoroughly filled.' Where deplete empties and replenish refills, replete is the resulting state: completely full. A book replete with detail is packed with it; a replete diner is fully fed. It almost always pairs with 'with.'

Root ple still carries 42 more words

Common Collocations

1.replete with充满……
2.replete with examples例证充分
3.feel replete感到饱足

Example Sentences

1.
The report is replete with charts and statistics.
2.
Her speech was replete with literary quotations.
3.
After the feast, the guests felt pleasantly replete.

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