myriad
英 ['m?r??d]
美
- adj. 无数的；种种的
- n. 无数，极大数量；无数的人或物
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词态变化
复数:?myriads;
助记提示
1. 谐音“米粒儿的”-----像米粒儿一样不计其数的、大量的、非常多的。
中文词源
myriad 无数，大量
来自希腊语myrias,大量的，无数的，一万，可能来自PIE*meu,流动，流出，水流，词源同emanate,marine.即由流动的水引申词义丰饶的，许多的，无数的。需注意的是，该词在古希腊语为单个词所表示的最大数。词义演变比较abundant.
英文词源
- myriad (n.)
- 1550s, from Middle French myriade and directly from Late Latin myrias (genitive myriadis) "ten thousand," from Greek myrias (genitive myriados) "a number of ten thousand, countless numbers," from myrios (plural myrioi) "innumerable, countless, infinite; boundless," as a definite number, "ten thousand" ("the greatest number in Greek expressed by one word," Liddell & Scott say), of unknown origin; perhaps from PIE *meue- "abundant" (cognates: Hittite muri- "cluster of grapes," Latin muto "penis," Middle Irish moth "penis"). Specific use is usually in translations from Greek or Latin.
- myriad (adj.)
- c. 1800, from myriad (n.).
双语例句
- 1. Designs are available in a myriad of colours.
- 各种色彩的款式应有尽有。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.
- 对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. A myriad of lights twinkled like stars in the distance.
- 远处有无数盏灯像星星一样闪烁.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. A myriad of stars surround the moon.
- 众星拱月.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Even though there are myriad hardships and hazards , they can't stop the dauntless explorers.
- 纵有千难万险, 也挡不住英勇的探险队员.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》