| 释义 |
ˈmyriadfold, a. and n.
[f. myriad + -fold.]
A. adj. Countless, innumerable; having innumerable aspects or features.
1870–4J. Thomson City Dreadf. Nt. xvi. vi, Through sequences and changes myriadfold. 1881Tyndall Floating Matter of Air 78 These media declare themselves to be crowded with particles—not hypothetical, not potential, but actual and myriadfold in numbers.
B. n. Only advb., with indef. article: a myriadfold, an infinite amount (more than or beyond).
a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. I. 254 A Myriadfold an Angel flies, Swifter than Morning Splendor gilds the Skies. 1890J. Martineau Auth. in Relig. iv. iv. 567 The fields and gardens will yield their produce a myriadfold beyond all experience. |