mickle

a. 很多的, 许多的 adv. 很多 n. 很多, 多量

发音

UK /ˈmɪk(ə)l/
其它
US /ˈmɪkəl/

词形变化

mickles 复数 mickles more mickle 比较级 most mickle 最高级

别名

michel meikle muchell

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A great amount.

    苏格兰 古体 可数 不可数

    Many a little makes a mickle.

  2. 2.

    A small amount.

    苏格兰 古体 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Great or important people as a class.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  4. 4.

    Greatness, largeness, stature.

    可数 废旧 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    (Very) great or large.

    苏格兰 古体
adv.
  1. 1.

    To a great extent.

    苏格兰 古体
  2. 2.

    Frequently, often.

    废旧
det.
  1. 1.

    Much; a great quantity or amount of.

    苏格兰 古体
  2. 2.

    Most; the majority of.

    苏格兰 古体
pron.
  1. 1.

    A great extent or large amount.

    苏格兰 古体

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

lot deal mess plenty sight mountain pot mass pile stack

下位词 5

flood torrent deluge inundation haymow

相关短语

Mickle Trafford Mickle Trafford and District many a mickle makes a muckle 聚沙成塔 so mickle

词源

From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle. For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun). The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”.

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