auriferous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɔːˈɹɪfəɹəs/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
    — Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, / That on the high equator ridgy riſe, / Whence many a burſting ſtream auriferous plays: [...]

词形变化

more auriferous comparative most auriferous superlative

词源

From Latin aurifer (“gold-bearing”) + the English suffix -ous. The Latin term in turn derived from aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“to carry”).
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