单词
quadruple
英 ['kw?dr?p(?)l; kw?'dru?p(?)l]
美[kwɑ'drupl]
基本信息
- adj. 四倍的；四重的
- vt. 使…成四倍
- vi. 成为四倍
- n. 四倍
TEM8低频词畅通词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?quadruples;过去式:?quadrupled;过去分词:?quadrupled;现在分词:?quadrupling;
中文词源
quadruple 四倍
quadr-,四，-ple,倍数，词源同triple.
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
- 他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was a proposal in the United States to quadruple its annual intake of immigrants.
- 在美国有提案建议把每年移民的接收数量增加3倍。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. We have hope to quadruple the total industrial and agricultural output by the end of the century, which is a lofty aim.
- 我们有雄心壮志,到本世纪末, 使工农业生产总值翻两番.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The power utilities will need to quadruple their capacity.
- 电力事业必须使它们的能力增加三倍.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Clyde was not a quadruple - dyed villain.
- 克莱德并不是一个 彻头彻尾 的坏蛋.
来自辞典例句
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