thousandfold

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/    /ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times. not-comparable
    — The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
  2. Having one thousand parts or members. not-comparable
    — Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.
副词 adv.
  1. By a factor of a thousand. not-comparable

词源

词源 1
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
词源 2
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
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