| 英语单词 | quadruple |
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| 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]
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]
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]
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