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单词 multitude
释义 mul·ti·tude
\ˈməltəˌtüd, -tə.ˌtyüd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin multitudo, from multi- + -tudo -tude
1. : the state of being many : numerousness
 < whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude — Deut. 28:62 (Revised Standard Version) >
 < the mind falters, confused by the multitude and yet the harmony of the detail — Theodore Dreiser >
 < of large numbers, note whether they are used precisely, or merely to express multitudeNotes & Queries on Anthropology >
2. : a great number : host
 < multitudes in the valley of decision — Joel 3:14 (Revised Standard Version) >
 < love covers a multitude of sins — 1 Pet 4:8 (Revised Standard Version) >
 < a language in which the same sound has to stand for a multitude of ideas — Edward Clodd >
 < a multitude of stories and traditions grew up around his name — D.E.Smith >
3. : a great number of persons collected together : crowd, throng
 < all the multitude was astonished — Mk 11:18 (Revised Standard Version) >
 < the tourist buses disgorged their multitudes — Mollie Panter-Downes >
4. : populace, public
 < both scorns and seeks the understanding and approbation of the multitude — Arthur Knight >
 < does not like his defeat in a matter of the heart to be known, and needs must dissemble to the multitude — Rex Ingamells >
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