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- formal & poetic/literary many and various〈正式, 诗/文〉多种多样的, 繁多的：
the implications of this decision were manifold.
此项决定的含义有多种。
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- having many different forms or elements多种形式的; 多种要素的; 多个部分的：
the appeal of the crusade was manifold.
这场运动的吸引力是多方面的。
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- often with modifier a pipe or chamber branching into several openings歧管; 多支管; 集合管。
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- (in an internal-combustion engine) the part conveying air and fuel from the carburettor to the cylinders or that leading from the cylinders to the exhaust pipe（内燃机）集管; 总管：
the exhaust manifold.
排气集管。
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- technical something with many different parts or forms, in particular〈技〉有多部分之物; 有多种形式之物, 尤指：
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- Mathematics a collection of points forming a certain kind of set, such as those of a topologically closed surface or an analogue of this in three or more dimensions【数】流形; 簇。
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- (in Kantian philosophy) the sum of the particulars furnished by sense before they have been unified by the synthesis of the understanding（康德哲学）流形, 杂多。
派生词
manifoldly
adverbmanifoldness
noun词源
Old English manigfeald; current noun senses date from the mid 19th cent.