quadruple
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
Động từ
verbV_es/s
quadruples
V_ing/Gerund
quadrupling
V_ed/pp
quadrupled
- 1.
(transitive)To multiply by four.
Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
- 2.
(intransitive)To increase by a factor of four.
Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.
- 3.
(rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
quadruples
- 1.
Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
- 2.
(skating) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Đồng nghĩa: quad
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Đồng nghĩa
quad
Trái nghĩa
quarterquarter (divided into four; one of four equal parts)
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + --ple.