新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

multiplyIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ]

[VERB]

词汇频率：

VERB. 动词

multiplies , multiplying , multiplied
1. [I 不及物动词] 成倍地增加 , （使）大大增加 , （使）大量地增加
When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount.
双语例句
例：
Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
此类纠纷在18世纪和19世纪大量地增加。
2. [I 不及物动词] 大量繁殖
When animals and insects multiply, they increase in number by giving birth to large numbers of young.
双语例句
例：
These creatures can multiply quickly.
这些生物能迅速繁殖。
3. [T 及物动词] 乘
If you multiply one number by another, you add the first number to itself as many times as is indicated by the second number. For example 2 multiplied by 3 is equal to 6.
双语例句
例：
What do you get if you multiply six by nine?
6乘以9得多少？
例：
The frequency was multiplied by the distance to find the speed of sound at each temperature.
用频率乘以距离来获得每个温度下的声音速度。

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