multitude

1. QUANT A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them. 大量[QUANT 'of' pl-n]

There are a multitude of small, quiet roads to cycle along. 有多条可以骑自行车的僻静小路。

Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems. 毒瘾会带来其他许多问题。

2. PHRASE If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins, you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something. (被掩盖的) 种种丑恶

3. N-COUNT You can refer to a very large number of people as a multitude. 一大群人[书面]

...surrounded by a noisy multitude. …被吵吵嚷嚷的一大群人围着。

4. N-COUNT-COLL You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the multitude or the multitudes. 大多数人

The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude. 向大众隐瞒了丑恶的真相。