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单词 many-where
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many-whereadv.

Brit. /ˈmɛnɪˌwɛː/, U.S. /ˈmɛniˌ(h)wɛr/
Forms: Middle English mani quar, Middle English mani quare, 1800s– many-where.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: many adj., where adv., conj., and n.
Etymology: < many adj. + where adv., conj., and n. Compare anywhere adv.
Now rare.
In many places.
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the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > in many places
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21723 Men has noght herd þat folk be lorn þat hali crose has wit þam þorn, Bot has bitid oft mani quar.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cvii. 89 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 173 How many whers [MSS K, X: where] doth he conuert Well watred grounds to thirsty sand?
1697 Town Life in Poems on Affairs of State 204 Somewhere they're kept, and many where they keep, Most see an easie Mistress e'er they Sleep.
1801 ‘Berwickshire Sandie’ Poems 79 Baith here and many where.
1902 J. Lubbock Scenery Eng. 52 Smoothed and polished rocks occur also ‘many-where’, if I may coin the word.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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