Word of the Day：November 7, 2020
multifarious
多種的；各種各樣的；多樣的
adjectivemul-tuh-FAIR-ee-us
Definition
: having or occurring in great variety : diverse
種類繁多的：多樣的
Examples
"The word 'fate,' of course, did not help me, being inadequate to describe the sense of a multifarious, infinitely complex, dreamy yet purposeful universe which I had in mind—being altogether too singular a word…." — Fay Weldon, The Cloning of Joanna May, 1989
當然，'命運'一詞並沒有幫助我，不足以描述我所想到的一個變化多端的，無限複雜的，夢幻的但卻有存在意義宇宙的感覺——being altogether too singular a word……
"Just Pictures speaks to the multifarious nature of imagery today, a quality that predates the internet and social media but is no doubt enhanced by them. At its core, the exhibition expresses the way in which photographs at once carry all kinds of meanings that we project onto them, and no one meaning at all." — Megan Williams, Creative Review, 25 Sept. 2020
Just Pictures談到了今日自然圖像的多樣性，這種質量早於網際網路和社交媒體，但無疑會得到增強。展覽的核心是表達圖片承載著各種意義的方式。投射到他們身上，沒有任何意義。
Did You Know?
Before the late 16th-century appearance of multifarious, there was another word similar in form and meaning being used: multifary, meaning "in many ways," appeared—and disappeared—in the 15th century. Before either of the English words existed, there was the Medieval Latin word multifarius, from Latin multifariam, meaning "in many places" or "on many sides." Multi-, as you may know, is a combining form meaning "many." A relative of multifarious in English is omnifarious ("of all varieties, forms, or kinds"), created with omni- ("all") rather than multi-.
在16世紀末期出現多語言之前，使用了另一個在形式和含義上相似的詞：multifary，意思是「 in many ways「在許多方面」」在15世紀出現，然後消失了。 在任何一個英語單詞出現之前，都有一個中世紀的拉丁單詞 multifarius，來自拉丁文 multifariam，意思是「in many places「在許多地方」」或「on many sides「在許多方面」」。 您可能知道，Multi-是一種組合形式，意思是「many「許多」」。 英語中 multifarious 的親戚是 omnifarious（「所有變體，形式或種類」），它是用 created 加 omni- （「all「所有」」）而不是用multi-的形式。
Name That Synonym
Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of multifarious: _ _ n _ f _ _ d.