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.
