Multiply
['mʌltɪplaɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) combine or increase by multiplication; 'He managed to multiply his profits'.
(verb.) combine by multiplication; 'multiply 10 by 15'.
(adv.) in several ways; in a multiple manner; 'they were multiply checked for errors'.
編輯:凯利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
(v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.
(v. t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
(v. i.) To become greater in number; to become numerous.
(v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
(v. i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
錄入:默多克
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Increase (in number), make more, make many.
v. n. Increase, grow in number.
編輯:普鲁登斯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to fold or increase many times: to make more numerous: to repeat any given number or quantity as often as there are units in another number.—v.i. to increase: to perform the arithmetical process of multiplication:—pr.p. mul′tiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. mul′tiplied.—adjs. Mul′tiplex having many folds: manifold: (bot.) with petals lying in folds over each other; Multiplī′able Mul′tiplicable that may be multiplied.—n. Mul′tiplicand a number or quantity to be multiplied by another.—adj. Mul′tiplicāte consisting of more than one: (bot.) multifold.—n. Multiplicā′tion the act of multiplying or increasing in number: the rule or operation by which any given number or quantity is multiplied.—adj. Mul′tiplicātive tending to multiply: having the power to multiply.—ns. Multiplic′ity the state of being multiplied or various: a great number: Mul′tiplier Mul′tiplicātor one who or that which multiplies or increases the number or quantity by which another is multiplied.—Multiplication table a tabular arrangement giving the products of pairs of numbers from 1 to 12.—Multiplying glass lens a glass lens with a number of facets causing an object to appear multiplied many times.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The diseases of a State are like the heads of a hydra; they multiply when they are cut off. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The tiny yeast plants multiply and continue to make alcohol and gas, and in consequence, the dough becomes lighter and lighter. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The second, those which it can multiply in proportion to the demand. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Why then look any farther, or multiply suppositions without necessity? 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It shows that as inventions multiply, so does the demand for their better and cheaper products increase. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- There are small lateral columns of water outside which receive the force, and which transmit and multiply it in the manner which is familiar to you. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- This is because the roots of these plants often have on them tiny swellings, or tubercles, in which millions of certain bacteria live and multiply. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- So there it was, in the haze yonder; and it increased and multiplied. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- So we, a simple triad on empty earth, were multiplied to each other, till we became all in all. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Since work is equal to force multiplied by distance, the man has done work represented by 200 × 6, or 1200. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Thus, as I believe, species are multiplied and genera are formed. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- It warn't much--execution for nine pound nothin', multiplied by five for costs; but hows'ever here he stopped for seventeen year. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Instances might be multiplied of this easily gained and unconscious popularity. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It is still difficult to assign the honour of priority in the use of the simple expedient of printing for multiplying books. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In multiplying this sort of rude produce, therefore, the efficacy of human industry is not only limited, but uncertain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Your Grace may be well assured, said the Friar, that, with the grace of Saint Dunstan, I shall find the way of multiplying your most bounteous gift. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In multiplying another very important sort of rude produce, the quantity of fish that is brought to market, it is likewise both limited and uncertain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I would obtain the truth from her the following day--in the mean time--But, while I was occupied by multiplying reflections, Lord Raymond returned. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This is not, however, generally employed in multiplying impressions, but is used for making a punch or steel impression for relief. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The only way of multiplying writings was by copying one copy at a time, and this made books costly and rare. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For this purpose an original record by suitable mechanism is made to take the place of the speaker or singer, and so multiplies and reproduces the original record. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Such a culture so multiplies the same microbe, to the exclusion of others, as to permit it to be easily identified and studied. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Every species of animals naturally multiplies in proportion to the means of their subsistence, and no species can ever multiply be yond it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
整理:怀亚特