quadruple
英 ['kw?dr?p(?)l; kw?'dru?p(?)l]
美 [kwɑ'drupl]
- adj. 四倍的；四重的
- vt. 使…成四倍
- vi. 成為四倍
- n. 四倍
中文詞源
quadruple 四倍quadr-,四，-ple,倍數，詞源同triple.
英文詞源
- quadruple (v.)
- late 14c., from Middle French quadrupler, from Late Latin quadruplare "make fourfold, multiply by four," from Latin quadruplus (adj.) "quadruple, fourfold" (see quadruple (adj.)).
- quadruple (adj.)
- 1550s, from Middle French quadruple (13c.), from Latin quadruplus "fourfold," from quadri- "four" (see quadru-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus).
雙語例句
- 1. They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
- 他們能夠以4倍于要價的價錢出售他們的商品。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was a proposal in the United States to quadruple its annual intake of immigrants.
- 在美國有提案建議把每年移民的接收數量增加3倍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We have hope to quadruple the total industrial and agricultural output by the end of the century, which is a lofty aim.
- 我們有雄心壯志,到本世紀末, 使工農業生產總值翻兩番.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The power utilities will need to quadruple their capacity.
- 電力事業必須使它們的能力增加三倍.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Clyde was not a quadruple - dyed villain.
- 克萊德并不是一個 徹頭徹尾 的壞蛋.
來自辭典例句