contain multitudes

动词 v.
英 /kənˌteɪn ˈmʌltɪtjuːdz/|/-t͡ʃ-/    美 /kənˌteɪn ˈmʌltəˌt(j)udz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature; to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately admirable or noble. idiomatic,intransitive
    — Do I contradict myself? / Very well then … I contradict myself; / I am large … I contain multitudes.

词形变化

contains multitudes present,singular,third-person containing multitudes participle,present contained multitudes participle,past contained multitudes past

词源

Coined by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) in his poem “Song of Myself” published in Leaves of Grass (1855): see the quotation.
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