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Quadruple Times N Amount Bigger D 英 Kwɒ'Druːpl] 美

英语单词 quadruple
英美音标 英 [kwɒ'druːpl] 美 [kwɑː'druːpl]
中文释义 adj.四倍的;四部分的;[音]四节拍的
n.四倍
v.成四倍
英语例句 (1) For example, a farm built on cheap oil suffers when crude prices quadruple.
(2) Crowding in England is almost double that of Germany and quadruple the population density in France.
中文例句 (1) 例如,一个在原有便宜时建起来的农场,会在原油价格变成四倍时遭受损失。
(2) 英国人口密度大约是德国人口密度的两倍,是法国人口密度的四倍。
vocabulary简明 When something is made up of four parts, you can describe it using the adjective quadruple, like a young gymnast's quadruple somersault.
vocabulary扩展 A common use of quadruple is in the medical term "quadruple bypass," which is a type of heart surgery that involves all four chambers of the patient's heart. You can also use quadruple to mean "four times as many," as when you order a quadruple-shot latte, with four shots of espresso. The Latin root word quadruplare, "make fourfold," comes from the suffix quadri-, or "four."
柯林斯解释
1
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)成四倍;(使)翻两番 If someone quadruples an amount or if it quadruples, it becomes four times bigger.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • Norway has quadrupled its exports to the EU...

    挪威对欧盟的出口已经增加了3倍。

  • The price has quadrupled in the last few years.

    近几年来价格已经翻了两番。

2
[PREDET 前置限定词]是…的四倍;四倍于 If one amount is quadruple another amount, it is four times bigger.
  [PREDET det n]
  • 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。

3
[ADJ 形容词]由四部分组成的;四次的 You use quadruple to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...a quadruple murder.

    四尸命案

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