multitude

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n. 多数, 群众

发音

UK /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/
UK /-t͡ʃ-/
其它 /ˈmʊltɪt͡ʃuːd/
US /ˈmʌltəˌt(j)ud/

词形变化

multitudes 复数 multitudes

别名

multitide

教材释义与例句

名词

群众；多数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

  2. 2.

    The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

people pack mass battalion masses throng concourse hoi polloi plurality

上位词 4

group gathering grouping assemblage

下位词 10

following audience host herd followers legion hive horde laity ruck

相关短语

noun of multitude nouns of multitude

词源

From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- + -itude.

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