Think of one message arriving by several doors at the same time: something to hear, something to watch, something to read. The word is not about quantity — it is about different kinds arriving together.
From the word’s history
Formed from multi- (from Latin multus, 'many') plus media, the plural of medium, 'a way of carrying something'.
這個字由 multi- 加 media 組成。multi- 一路回到拉丁文 multus（多），media 是 medium（媒介、傳遞的方式）的複數。所以字面就是「好幾種傳遞方式」，這條線索和今天的用法幾乎重疊。
Wiktionary entry for multimedia (kaikki extract, etymology: 'From multi- + media'; Latin multus)
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
multimedianoun/ˌmʌltiˈmiːdi.ə/
- 1
The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.
multimediaadj/ˌmʌltiˈmiːdi.ə/
- 1
of, or relating to this combined use of media
- 2
computingengineeringmathematicsof, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。