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单词 myriad
释义 myr·i·ad
I. \ˈmirēəd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Greek myriad-, myrias, from myrios countless, myrioi (its plural) ten thousand; perhaps akin to Middle Irish mūr abundance
1. : the number of ten thousand : ten thousand persons or things — used especially in translations from the Greek and Latin
2. : an immense number : an indefinitely large number : a great multitude — usually used with of and often used in plural
 < beset with a myriad of profound emotional stresses — H.G.Armstrong >
 < a myriad of mathematical possibilities — John Haverstick >
 < myriads of insects, flying before north winds — R.A.Billington >
 < myriads of freshman texts — W.N.Francis >
II. adjective
1. : consisting of a very great but indefinite number : innumerable, multitudinous
 < the involved and myriad events which fill the world's past — Edward Clodd >
 < the intricacies of human action are myriad — F.A.Geldard >
 < the faces myriad yet curiously identical in their lack of individual identity — William Faulkner >
2. : having innumerable aspects or elements
 < the myriad activity of the new land — Meridel Le Sueur >
 < a myriad murmur of insects — Hamilton Basso >
 < the soft myriad darkness of a May night — William Faulkner >
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