英语词汇“multitude”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

multitude

/ˈmʌltɪtjuːd

noun

1A large number of people or things: a multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight Father Peter addressed the multitude...

Today the seas teem with multitudes of creatures comprising hundred of thousands of species.
To even imply that is to insult the mind-set and values of those faceless multitudes who flock to the cinema halls every other day and make or mar the fortunes of many a film.
The centre piece is the Victoria Falls in Livingstone which has so far played host to multitudes of tourists visiting the city.

Synonyms

a lot, a great/large number, a great/large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, droves, swarm, army, legion, sea, abundance, profusion;

scores, quantities

informal lots, loads, masses, stacks, heaps, tons, dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, zillions

British informal shedload

North American informal slew, gazillions, bazillions, gobs

Australian/New Zealand informal swag

vulgar slang shitload

1.1 (the multitude) The mass of ordinary people without power or influence: placing ultimate political power in the hands of the multitude...

It is no longer feasible to convince the multitudes to expect little from their leaders, now that they have learned of international standards of governance.
The danger of these regimes is also in inflicting on multitudes the state of mass fear and, consequently, the state of psychological abnormality.
And those faceless multitudes, often unlettered, usually uneducated, have been able to guess it right.

Synonyms

crowd, gathering, assembly, group, assemblage, congregation, flock, throng, horde, mob

rare concourse

the common people, the populace, the public, the people, the masses, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonality, the commonalty, the third estate, the plebeians;

the hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the common herd, the rabble, the riff-raff, the canaille, the great unwashed, the ragtag (and bobtail), proles, plebs

1.2 [mass noun] archaic The state of being numerous: they would swarm over the river in their multitude

Phrases

a multitude of sins

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin multitudo, from multus 'many'.

单词	multitude
释义	multitude /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd / noun 1A large number of people or things: a multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight Father Peter addressed the multitude... Today the seas teem with multitudes of creatures comprising hundred of thousands of species. To even imply that is to insult the mind-set and values of those faceless multitudes who flock to the cinema halls every other day and make or mar the fortunes of many a film. The centre piece is the Victoria Falls in Livingstone which has so far played host to multitudes of tourists visiting the city. Synonyms a lot, a great/large number, a great/large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, droves, swarm, army, legion, sea, abundance, profusion; scores, quantities informal lots, loads, masses, stacks, heaps, tons, dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, zillions British informal shedload North American informal slew, gazillions, bazillions, gobs Australian/New Zealand informal swag vulgar slang shitload 1.1 (the multitude) The mass of ordinary people without power or influence: placing ultimate political power in the hands of the multitude... It is no longer feasible to convince the multitudes to expect little from their leaders, now that they have learned of international standards of governance. The danger of these regimes is also in inflicting on multitudes the state of mass fear and, consequently, the state of psychological abnormality. And those faceless multitudes, often unlettered, usually uneducated, have been able to guess it right. Synonyms crowd, gathering, assembly, group, assemblage, congregation, flock, throng, horde, mob rare concourse the common people, the populace, the public, the people, the masses, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonality, the commonalty, the third estate, the plebeians; the hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the common herd, the rabble, the riff-raff, the canaille, the great unwashed, the ragtag (and bobtail), proles, plebs 1.2 [mass noun] archaic The state of being numerous: they would swarm over the river in their multitude Phrases a multitude of sins Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin multitudo, from multus 'many'.
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