many

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n. 多数, 多数人 a. 许多的 pron. 许多

发音

UK /ˈmɛni/
US /ˈmɛni/
UK
其它 /ˈmɪni/
IE /ˈmæni/

词形变化

manies 复数 manies more 比较级 more most 最高级 most

别名

manie miny manye

教材释义与例句

名词

(Many)人名；(法)马尼

形容词

许多的

Many is also an adjective

代词

许多；许多人

The many means a large group of people, especially the ordinary people in society, considered as separate from a particular small group

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

    Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many.

  2. 2.

    A considerable number.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Existing in large number; numerous.

det. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

    好多

    多

    很多

    许多

    济

    Not many such people enjoyed playing chess.

    There are very many different ways to cook a meal.

  2. 2.

    before a countable noun: (in combinations such as 'as many', 'so many', 'this many') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things.

    We don't need this many bananas. Put some back.

    There may be as many as ten million species of insect.

    I don't have as many friends as my sister does.

pron. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A large, indefinite number of people or things.

    Many are called, but few are chosen.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 3

numerous legion galore

参见 1

more

相关短语

many a 许多 a good many 很多 a great many 许许多多 many thanks 万分感谢 many hands make light work 人多好办事 many happy returns many a mickle makes a muckle 聚沙成塔 many an 许多, 一个又一个的(后接单数名词) many a time and oft 许多次 many another 许多, 一个又一个的（后接单数名词） many happies many a times many moons ago many and various many and varied

词源

From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mang, mange (“many”), Swedish mången (“many”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags, “many; much”), French maint (“many”); also Cornish menowgh (“frequent, often”), Irish minic (“frequently, often”), Manx mennick (“frequent, often”), Scottish Gaelic minig (“frequent”), Welsh mynych (“frequent, often”), Belarusian мно́га (mnóha, “many; much”), Bulgarian and Russian мно́го (mnógo, “many; much”), Czech mnohý (“many, numerous”), Macedonian мно́гу (mnógu, “very; many; much”), Polish mnogi (“numerous; plural”), Serbo-Croatian мно̏гӣ, mnȍgī (“many; much, long; large, numerous”), Ukrainian мно́гий (mnóhyj, “many, multiple”). The noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-West Germanic *managu, *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo), Serbo-Croatian mnogo.

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