multiply
英 ['m?lt?pla?]
美['m?lt?pla?]
- vt. 乘；使增加；使繁殖；使相乘
- vi. 乘；繁殖；增加
- adv. 多樣地；復合地
- adj. 多層的；多樣的
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?multiplies;過去式:?multiplied;過去分詞:?multiplied;現在分詞:?multiplying;
中文詞源
multiply 乘，乘以，繁殖，多倍
multi-,許多，多個，-ply,倍數，詞源同imply,comply.引申詞義繁殖。
英文詞源
- multiply
- multiply: [13] Multiply is one of a large family of English words based on Latin multus ‘much’, a word of uncertain origin which may be related to Greek mála ‘very’ and Latin melior ‘better’. Multiply itself comes from the Latin derivative multiplicāre, formed with the element plic- ‘fold’ found also in complicated, explicit, etc, and therefore very closely parallel to the native English compound manifold.
Other members of the family include multiple [17], from late Latin multiplus (the -plus is a relative of the -plic- in multiplicāre); multitude [14], from Latin multitūdō ‘crowd’, formed with the abstract noun suffix -tūdō; and of course the host of words formed since the 16th century with the prefix multi-, including multifarious [17] (based on Latin -fārius ‘doing’), multilateral [17], multinational [20], multiracial [20], and multistorey [20].
=> fold - multiply (v.)
- mid-12c., multeplier, "to cause to become many," from Old French multiplier, mouteplier (12c.) "increase, get bigger; flourish; breed; extend, enrich," from Latin multiplicare "to increase," from multiplex (genitive multiplicis) "having many folds, many times as great in number," from comb. form of multus (see multi-) + -plex "-fold," from PIE *plek- "to plait" (see ply (v.1.)). Mathematical sense is attested from late 14c. Related: Multiplied; multiplying.
雙語例句
- 1. Take the time in seconds, square it, and multiply by 5.12.
- 記下用了多少秒時間，將其平方，再乘以5.12。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.
- 算出那些比率的平均值再乘以100。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The children are already learning to multiply and divide.
- 孩子們已經開始學習乘法和除法了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Think of a number and multiply it by two.
- 想出一個數，然后乘以二。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. When animals have more food, they generally multiply faster.
- 動物在有較多的食物時, 一般繁殖得較快.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
