[no obj.]exist in large numbers or amounts 大量存在 rumours of a further scandal abound. 流言满天飞,说是还有一桩丑闻。 ■(abound in/with)have in large numbers or amounts 富于,充满 this area abounds with caravan sites. 这个地区到处是大篷车队的营地。
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'overflow, be abundant'): from Old French abunder, from Latin abundare 'overflow', from ab- 'from' + undare 'surge' (from unda 'a wave')