mickle

英 ['mɪk(ə)l] 美
  • adj. 很多的
  • n. 很多;多量
  • adv. 很多
  • n. (Mickle)人名;(英)米克尔

中文词源


mickle 许多的

much的古语。来自古英语micel,许多,大量,来自PIE*meg,巨大的,词源同magnate,much.

英文词源


mickle (adj.)
dialectal survival of Old English micel, mycel "great, intense, big, long, much, many," from Proto-Germanic *mekilaz (cognates: Old Saxon mikil, Old Norse mikill, Old High German mihhil, Gothic mikils), from PIE root *meg- "great, large" (cognates: Armenian mets "great;" Sanskrit mahat- "great, mazah- "greatness;" Avestan mazant- "great;" Hittite mekkish "great, large;" Greek megas "great, large;" Latin magnus "great, large, much, abundant," major "greater," maximus "greatest;" Middle Irish mag, maignech "great, large;" M.Welsh meith "long, great"). Its main modern form is much (q.v.). Related: Mickleness.

双语例句


1. Seek mickle, and get something; seek little, and get nothing.
寻找多一些,就得著一些. 寻找少一些, 就一无所得.

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2. Many a little makes a mickle; many sands will sink a ship.
积少成多,集腋成裘; 积沙沉舟.

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3. Mickle power makes many enemies.
势大树敌多.

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4. Mickle ado, and little help.
小题大作, 没有用处.

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5. However, many a mickle makes a muckle, and in total they add up to something significant.
但是积少成多, 所有的加在一起就会形成巨大的影响.

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