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- more than one in number多于一的, 多的：
the meanings of the text are plural.
该文本有多层含义。
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- Grammar (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two【语法】（词或形态）复数的：
postpositive the first person plural.第一人称复数。
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- Grammar a plural word or form【语法】复数词; 复数形式。
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- in sing. the plural number复数：
the verb is in the plural.
这个动词为复数形式。
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- S. African formerly used as a joking or ironical way of referring to a black person〈南非, 旧, 戏谑, 讽〉黑人：
these men have been running the affairs of us plurals for thirty years.
这些人管理我们黑人的事务已经有30年了。
ORIGIN: ironically (mocking official terminology), from Department of Plural Relations and Development.
派生词
plurally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French plurel or Latin pluralis, from plus， plur- 'more'.