英语词汇“myriad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

myriad

/ˈmɪrɪəd

noun

1A countless or extremely great number of people or things: myriads of insects danced around the light above my head...

They jumped over countless hedges and a myriad of small streams and barbed wire, all set up to prevent what was happening now.
Africa starts with 53 nations loaded with a myriad of problems and needs.
News that two young East Yorkshire men are set to become dot com millionaires will provoke a myriad of reactions.

Synonyms

multitude, a large/great number/quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass, crowd, throng, host, droves, horde, army, legion, sea, swarm

informal lots, loads, masses, stacks, tons, oodles, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, zillions, more … than one can shake a stick at

British informal shedload

North American informal slew, gazillions, bazillions, gobs

Australian/New Zealand informal swag

vulgar slang shitload

North American vulgar slang assload

2(Chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand: the army was organized on a decimal system, up to divisions of 10,000 or myriads

adjective

1Countless or extremely great in number: he gazed at the myriad lights of the city...

Check out the myriad DIY lighting systems available in local garden centres and DIY stores for this very purpose.
As they approached the facility, Peter could tell how large the entire installation was by the myriad lights scattered across the compound.
Lighted candles of myriad colors gathered in a large circle, and a stick of incense stood in the center.

Synonyms

innumerable, countless, infinite, numberless, unlimited, untold, limitless, unnumbered, immeasurable, multitudinous, numerous, manifold, multiple, legion, several, many, various, sundry, diverse, multifarious

literary divers

rare innumerous, unnumberable

1.1Having countless or very many elements or aspects: the myriad political scene...

In the evening I hang out with a myriad assortment of interesting characters.
These include a myriad assortment of insects, arachnids, rodents, and the occasional raccoon.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in sense 2 of the noun): via late Latin from Greek murias, muriad-, from murioi '10,000'.

This was originally a Greek term for ‘ten thousand’.

单词	myriad
释义	myriad /ˈmɪrɪəd / noun 1A countless or extremely great number of people or things: myriads of insects danced around the light above my head... They jumped over countless hedges and a myriad of small streams and barbed wire, all set up to prevent what was happening now. Africa starts with 53 nations loaded with a myriad of problems and needs. News that two young East Yorkshire men are set to become dot com millionaires will provoke a myriad of reactions. Synonyms multitude, a large/great number/quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass, crowd, throng, host, droves, horde, army, legion, sea, swarm informal lots, loads, masses, stacks, tons, oodles, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, zillions, more … than one can shake a stick at British informal shedload North American informal slew, gazillions, bazillions, gobs Australian/New Zealand informal swag vulgar slang shitload North American vulgar slang assload 2(Chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand: the army was organized on a decimal system, up to divisions of 10,000 or myriads adjective 1Countless or extremely great in number: he gazed at the myriad lights of the city... Check out the myriad DIY lighting systems available in local garden centres and DIY stores for this very purpose. As they approached the facility, Peter could tell how large the entire installation was by the myriad lights scattered across the compound. Lighted candles of myriad colors gathered in a large circle, and a stick of incense stood in the center. Synonyms innumerable, countless, infinite, numberless, unlimited, untold, limitless, unnumbered, immeasurable, multitudinous, numerous, manifold, multiple, legion, several, many, various, sundry, diverse, multifarious literary divers rare innumerous, unnumberable 1.1Having countless or very many elements or aspects: the myriad political scene... In the evening I hang out with a myriad assortment of interesting characters. These include a myriad assortment of insects, arachnids, rodents, and the occasional raccoon. Origin Mid 16th century (in sense 2 of the noun): via late Latin from Greek murias, muriad-, from murioi '10,000'. This was originally a Greek term for ‘ten thousand’.
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