formal or old-fashioned a large number of people or things 很多,许多
Many a parent has had to go through this same painful process.
很多父母都不得不经历这一痛苦的过程。
I’ve sat here many a time (=often) and wondered what happened to her.
我常常坐在这儿琢磨她发生了什么事情。
Examples from the Corpus
many a time• I've sat here many a time and wondered about her.• Karpov has played this sequencemany times before and should have been fully conversant with its manifoldnuances.• Billy could easily have ferried her across the river in his boat, as he had done many times before.• The victim, a snakespecialist, has been bittenmany times before.• How many times do I have to repeat it?• Bryan, how many times do I have to tell you to put your things away?• Masklin wondered how many times it had industriously cleaned this corridor, while it waited for nomes to come back ...• I am feeling much better, though there are many times when I feel a dullache.• There will be many times when nothing will come to you.