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n. (名詞 noun)[C]

          1.    無數,大量[(+of)]
                      Myriad[s] of mosquitoes from the swamp invaded our village every 
                      twilight.
                      每天黃昏無數蚊蟲從沼澤地飛來侵襲我們的村子。
          2.    無數的人(或物)

a. (形容詞 adjective)

          1.    無數的,大量的
                      the myriad grains of sand on a beach
                      海灘上滿地沙粒
          2.    各種各樣都有的
                      the myriad [mind] of Shakespeare
                      莎士比亞的博學多才


The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

myriad (adj., n.) 
 
As a noun, myriad means "ten thousand," but its most frequent sense is "any very large, indefinite number of persons or things," as in 
We could see a myriad of stars 
or 
We could see myriads of them

The plural is hyperbolic but Standard. The Standard adjective myriad simply means "innumerable": There were myriad stars in the sky.


t31133xbhar Such plot as there is concerns two kindly spirits (Ganz and Sander), posted to contemporary Berlin, who encounter [a] myriad of mortals, including an ageing writer blighted by memories of a devastated Germany; actor Peter Falk, on location shooting a film about the Nazi era; and a lonely trapeze artist, with whom Ganz falls in love, thus prompting his desire to become mortal at last.


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