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

• 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。
• The "wallpaper book" became our symbol for settling the myriad issues that arise in marriage.
  壁纸样品手册成了我们解决婚姻中遇到的无数争执的一个象征。
• This is just one of a myriad of possible probability distributions.
  这只是无数可能的概率分布的一种。
• 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》）
• A myriad of lights twinkled like stars in the distance.
  远处有无数盏灯像星星一样闪烁。
• Hadoop scales out to myriad nodes and can handle all of the activity and coordination related to data sorting.
  Hadoop可以扩展到无数个节点，可以处理所有活动和相关数据存储的协调。
• 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。
• There are myriad flies in the sky.
  天空中有无数的苍蝇。
• The XC60 carries over the sweeping dashboard shapes and tall stack of center controls from myriad other Volvo models.
  在XC60的仪表板进行了彻底的形状和高大的中心控制堆栈无数其他沃尔沃车型。
• Though few of us are this radically controlling, we often use myriad forms of manipulation and coercion.
  当然，有这种极端控制欲的人是占少数。可是，我们经常采取操纵和胁迫的形式不胜枚举。