Numerous

(adj.) amounting to a large indefinite number; 'numerous times'; 'the family was numerous'; 'Palomar's fans are legion' .

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• Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There were numerous dragon flies--one found in the Belgian coal-measures had a wing span of twenty-nine inches! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Numerous attempts were consequently made to obtain a more sensitive material. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Numerous instances could be given. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Such an arrangement of wire is known as a helix or solenoid, and is capable of lifting or pulling larger and more numerous filings and even good-sized pieces of iron, such as tacks. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The preservation of food is also dependent on ammonia, which produces the refrigerating effect in the numerous cold storage houses and artificial ice plants in this country. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• My papa lived to bail Mr. Micawber several times, and then expired, regretted by a numerous circle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Columbus, besides being strongly fortified, contained a garrison much more numerous than the force I had with me. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The world was not slow to take advantage of the fact, hence there are in the field numerous other concerns in the same business. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There were numerous other workers in the field, but they added nothing to what had already been proposed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I was in the service of a farmer; and with crook in hand, my dog at my side, I shepherded a numerous flock on the near uplands. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Are you not even now more numerous than we are? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Probably the numerous Jews in Medina had shaken the ancient idolatry of the people. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Tucking, ruffling, braiding, cording, hemming, turning, plaiting, gaging, and other attachment devices are numerous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Among table appliances are toasters, coffee percolators, electric teapots, chafing dishes and numerous other articles that add to the convenience of preparing food. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• One of his most intimate friends was a merchant, who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Among the other books were a primer, some child's readers, numerous picture books, and a great dictionary. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Probably each of these original tribes was not more numerous altogether than the Indians in Hudson Bay Territory to-day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Edward Muybridge, an Englishman, by way of experiment, placed numerous cameras at regular intervals about the track, which, by electrical contact, were snapped by the horse in passing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Still, the more numerous and violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort--they are reliefs of pain. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The office-papers we placed on one side, and the private papers (which were not numerous) on the other. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Look at the numerous families of girls in this neighbourhood--the Armitages, the Birtwhistles, the Sykeses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The 'Saturday Magazine,' 'Chambers' Journal,' the 'Magasin Pittoresque,' in France, and numerous others, owe their existence to this printing machine. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Davy recognized and explained the beneficial fertilizing effects of ammonia, and analysed and explained numerous fertilizers, including guano. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He replied that they were less numerous in some parts of the atmosphere than in others. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Were all the infinitely numerous kinds of animals and plants created as eggs or seed, or as full grown? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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