myriad

英 [ˈmɪriəd]

美 [ˈmɪriəd]

n.  无数; 大量
adj.  无数的; 多种的，各式各样的

复数：myriads　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11178 / COCA.7106

牛津词典

noun

• 无数；大量
  an extremely large number of sth
  1. Designs are available in a myriad of colours.
     各种色彩的款式应有尽有。

柯林斯词典

• QUANT 无数;大量;各种各样
  A myriadormyriads ofpeople or things is a very large number or great variety of them.
  1. They face a myriad of problems bringing up children...
     他们在抚养孩子的过程中遇到了各种各样的问题。
  2. These myriads of fish would be enough to keep any swimmer entranced for hours.
     这些不同种类的鱼足以让任何一个游泳者数小时流连忘返。
• ADJ 无数的;大量的；各种各样的
  Myriadmeans having a large number or great variety.
  1. ...British pop and culture in all its myriad forms.
     以多种不同形式出现的英国流行音乐和文化
  2. ...the myriad tiny animals and plants living in the ice.
     在冰里生存着的无数微小动植物

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
  Synonym:ten thousand10000
• a large indefinite number
  1. he faced a myriad of details

adj

• too numerous to be counted
  1. incalculable riches
  2. countless hours
  3. an infinite number of reasons
  4. innumerable difficulties
  5. the multitudinous seas
  6. myriad stars
  7. untold thousands
  Synonym:countlessinfiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerable

双语例句

• A myriad of stars surround the moon.
  众星拱月。
• The "wallpaper book" became our symbol for settling the myriad issues that arise in marriage.
  壁纸样品手册成了我们解决婚姻中遇到的无数争执的一个象征。
• Growing up, I had endured a myriad of humiliations, but this one was different.
  在成长的过程中我经历了无数次羞辱，但这次却是不同的经历。
• This is just one of a myriad of possible probability distributions.
  这只是无数可能的概率分布的一种。
• This book illustrates the myriad ways designers work;
  这本书说明了无数的设计师作品的方式；
• There are myriad flies in the sky.
  天空中有无数的苍蝇。
• A myriad of lights twinkled like stars in the distance.
  远处有无数盏灯像星星一样闪烁。
• Though few of us are this radically controlling, we often use myriad forms of manipulation and coercion.
  当然，有这种极端控制欲的人是占少数。可是，我们经常采取操纵和胁迫的形式不胜枚举。
• They face a myriad of problems bringing up children
  他们在抚养孩子的过程中遇到了各种各样的问题。
• Print technology was vastly improved and became the medium to organise myriad new activities.
  印刷术得到了极大的改进，成为了组织无数新活动的传播媒介。