{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "məʧ" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/much.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/much.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.\n\n\ncognates\n\nCognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel (\"great, many, much\"; German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).\nNote that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Determiner", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A large amount of. \nHurry! We don't have much time!\nThey set about the task with much enthusiasm.\n1817 December​, , Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. , volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, , 1818, →OCLC:As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.\n2011, \"Wisconsin and wider\", The Economist, 24 February:\nUnless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise." }, { "mean": "(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.\nAdd this much water and no more.\nTake as much time as you like." }, { "mean": "(now archaic or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people). \n1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye(please add an English translation of this quote)\n1526, , The Newe Testamẽt  (Tyndale Bible), , →OCLC, Matthew ]:When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.\n1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:There wasn't much people about that day." }, { "mean": "(now Caribbean, African-American English) Many ( + plural countable noun). \n1977, Bob Marley (lyrics and music), “So Much Things to Say”:They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) Large, great. \n1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore / and he with a swerd strake at syr launcelot myȝtely and he put asyde the stroke(please add an English translation of this quote)" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Long in duration." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To a great extent.\nI don't like fish much. I don’t much care for strawberries either.\nHe is much fatter than I remember him.\nHe left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.\nThat boyfriend of yours is much {like - the same as} the others.\nMy English was much the worst, and I'm certainly not much good at math either.\nHonestly, I can't stand much more of this.\nBoth candidates, who are much of an age, say much the same thing, but the youngest shows much the commoner behavior of the two.\n1909, Archibald Marshall , “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 9:They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.\n2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3-0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.\n2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away." }, { "mean": "Often; frequently.\nDoes he get drunk much?" }, { "mean": "(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate or compare extent.\nI don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Almost." } ] }, { "name": "Pronoun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A large amount or great extent.\nFrom those to whom much has been given much is expected.\nWe lay awake for much of the night." } ] }, { "name": "Derived_terms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "much appreciated\nmuch as\nMuch Dewchurch\nmuch for muchness\nMuch Hoole\nMuch Marcle\nmuch obliged\nmuch of a muchness\nMuch Wenlock\nmuchness\novermuch" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "결정자", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "대명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "파생_항", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }