manifold
英 ['mænɪfəʊld]
美 ['mænɪfold]
- vt. 复写，复印；增多；使……多样化
- adj. 多方面的，有许多部分的；各式各样的
- n. 多种；复印本
- n. (Manifold)人名；(英)马尼福尔德
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1. 男生如果老了的话，将会得各样疾病。
manifold 许多倍来自古英语manigfeald,即many fold,许多倍。
- manifold
- manifold: see many
- manifold (adj.)
- Old English monigfald (Anglian), manigfeald (West Saxon), "various, varied in appearance, complicated; numerous, abundant," from manig (see many) + -feald (see -fold). A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian manichfald, Middle Dutch menichvout, German mannigfalt, Swedish mångfalt, Gothic managfalþs), perhaps a loan-translation of Latin multiplex (see multiply). Retains the original pronunciation of many. Old English also had a verbal form, manigfealdian "to multiply, abound, increase, extend."
- manifold (adv.)
- Old English manigfealdlic "in various ways, manifoldly," from the source of manifold (adj.).
- manifold (n.)
- in mechanical sense, first as "pipe or chamber with several outlets," 1884, see manifold (adj.); originally as manifold pipe (1857), with reference to a type of musical instrument mentioned in the Old Testament.
- 1. Gaelic can be heard here in manifold forms.
- 在这里可以听见各不相同的盖尔语。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The possibilities were manifold.
- 有很多的可能性。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The moves in chess are not only manifold, but involute.
- 下棋的走法不但多种多样, 而且错综复杂.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The City Council has a manifold plan to beautify the city.
- 市政府制定了一个美化城市的多重规化.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. Goodness is simple, badness manifold.
- 善良单纯; 邪恶复杂.
来自《简明英汉词典》
