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

• We had congee and a myriad of pickled vegetables and fruits* and it was just right.
  我们有稀饭和各式各样不同的泡菜和腌水果佐餐，感觉恰到好处。
• Even though there are myriad hardships and hazards, they can't stop the dauntless explorers.
  纵有千难万险，也挡不住英勇的探险队员。
• There are myriad flies in the sky.
  天空中有无数的苍蝇。
• The challenges have been myriad.
  这其中遭遇的挑战数不胜数。
• 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。
• Because a myriad of different values and cultures coexist within a country, these patterns are difficult to identify.
  因为在一个国家内并存着无数种不同的价值观和文化，所以要辨别这些不同的模式比较困难。
• Myriad has announced Alien Dalvik, which allows Android applications to run on other platforms at comparable speed.
  Myriad宣布了AlienDalvik（一平台软件，直译为异源虚拟机），它允许Android应用程序以相似的速度运行在其他平台之上。
• If heaven and earth are ruthless, they treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs; if the sage is ruthless, he treats the people as straw dogs.
  天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。（《道德经》）
• 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。
• In itself, the industry contains a myriad of factors and activities which are inter-dependent.
  就其本身而言，该产业包含了相互依赖的产业活动和无数的因素。