| 正面 | 7219.myriad 英 ['mɪrɪəd]美     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 谐音“米粒儿的”-----像米粒儿一样不计其数的、大量的、非常多的。adj. 无数的；种种的n. 无数，极大数量；无数的人或物 例句： 1. Designs are available in a myriad of colours.各种色彩的款式应有尽有。 myriad 无数，大量来自希腊语myrias,大量的，无数的，一万，可能来自PIE*meu,流动，流出，水流，词源同emanate,marine.即由流动的水引申词义丰饶的，许多的，无数的。需注意的是，该词在古希腊语为单个词所表示的最大数。词义演变比较abundant. myriad (n.)1550s, from Middle French myriade and directly from Late Latin myrias (genitive myriadis) "ten thousand," from Greek myrias (genitive myriados) "a number of ten thousand, countless numbers," from myrios (plural myrioi) "innumerable, countless, infinite; boundless," as a definite number, "ten thousand" ("the greatest number in Greek expressed by one word," Liddell & Scott say), of unknown origin; perhaps from PIE *meue- "abundant" (cognates: Hittite muri- "cluster of grapes," Latin muto "penis," Middle Irish moth "penis"). Specific use is usually in translations from Greek or Latin.myriad (adj.)c. 1800, from myriad (n.)." |