单词 | multifarious |
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音标 | [`mʌlti'feəriəs] |
解释 | adj. 多种的,各式各样的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 多种的,各式各样的( numerous and varied) 【记】 multi(多)+fari(=fac t做)+ous→做的样子 多→多种多样的 【例】 multifarious activities |
字源 | multifarious (adj.) 1590s, from Latin multifarius "manifold," from multifariam (adv.) "on many sides; in many places or parts," perhaps originally "that which can be expressed in many ways," from multi- "many" (see multi-) + -fariam, adverbial suffix (compare bifariam "in two places"), from PIE *dwi-dhe- "making two." Related: Multifariously; multifariousness. Earlier forms of the word in English were multiphary (adv.); multipharie (adj.), both mid-15c. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】multi + various, f=v |
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