quadruple

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/|/kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/    美 /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/|/kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/|/ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
  2. A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
动词 v.
  1. To multiply by four. transitive
    — Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
  2. To increase by a factor of four. intransitive
    — Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.
  3. To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
    — On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.
形容词 adj.
  1. Being four times as long, as big or as many of something. not-comparable
    — He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.

词形变化

quadruples present,singular,third-person quadrupling participle,present quadrupled participle,past quadrupled past quadruples plural

词汇关系

反义词
quarter
衍生词
quadruplet
相关词
single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold quintuple pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad pair couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome quartet tetrad fivesome quintet pentad only one singlet twin one of two doublet triplet one of three quadruplet one of four quintuplet pentuplet one of five sextuple hextuple sixfold septuple heptuple sevenfold octuple eightfold ninefold nonuple tenfold decuple sixsome sextet hexad sevensome septet heptad eightsome octet octad ninesome nonet ennead tensome decet decad sextuplet hextuplet one of six one of seven septuplet heptuplet octuplet one of eight one of nine nonuplet one of ten decuplet elevenfold undecuple hendecuple twelvefold duodecuple thirteenfold tredecuple a hundredfold centuple multiple elevensome twelvesome thirteensome hundredsome one of eleven undecuplet hendecuplet one of twelve duodecuplet one of thirteen tredecuplet one of a hundred centuplet one of many multiplet

词源

词源 1
From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
词源 2
From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
词源 3
From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
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