many: [OE] Many goes back ultimately to Indo- European *monogho-, *menogho-, which also produced Russian mnogij ‘many’ and Welsh mynych ‘often’. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic *managaz, *manigaz, which have differentiated into German manch, Dutch menig, Swedish många, Danish mange, and English many. The pronunciation /meni/ dates from the 13th century; it perhaps arose from association with the unrelated any. The derived manifold [OE] preserves the original pronunciation. => manifold
many (adj.)
Old English monig, manig "many, many a, much," from Proto-Germanic *managaz (cognates: Old Saxon manag, Swedish mången, Old Frisian manich, Dutch menig, Old High German manag, German manch, Gothic manags), from PIE *menegh- "copious" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic munogu "much, many," Old Irish menicc, Welsh mynych "frequent," Old Irish magham "gift"). Pronunciation altered by influence of any (see manifold).
many (n.)
Old English menigu, from many (adj.). The many "the multitude" attested from 1520s. Compare also Gothic managei "multitude, crowd," Old High German managi "large number, plurality," German Menge "multitude."
双语例句
1. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
生活总是让我们遍体鳞伤，但到后来，那些受伤的地方会变得更坚强。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. I recall many discussions with her on these and kindred topics.
我回想起多次同她就这些问题及类似话题进行的讨论。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She has had many credits and name-checks in American Vogue.
美国版《时尚》多次对她进行赞扬或是提到她的名字。
来自柯林斯例句
4. In recent months many conservative politicians have jumped on the anti-immigrant bandwagon.
最近几个月，很多保守政客都搭上了“反移民”这班车。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses.
