thousandfold
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英 /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/
美 /ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
— The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
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Having one thousand parts or members.
— 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.
- By a factor of a thousand.
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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