| 释义 |
▪ I. -plex, suffix1|plɛks|
[The L. suffix -plex (related to plicāre to fold).]
A terminal element equivalent to Eng. -fold, attached chiefly to cardinal numbers (and adjs. meaning ‘many’) to form adjs., as simplex, duplex, triplex, multiplex, etc.; occurring in Eng. adjs. deriving directly from these (the earliest of which are recorded in the late 16th cent.). The use of duplex and related words in Telegr. led to the occasional development of further terms on L. analogies, as contraplex, diplex, in the late 19th cent. From the early 20th cent. the sequence duplex, triplex, etc. has been used for nouns designating ‘a building or dwelling divided into two (three, etc.) floors, residences, or the like’, and has given rise to analogous formations, as fourplex, eightplex, etc., esp. in the U.S. (illustrated below).
1974R. J. Bond Calif. Real Estate Pract. i. 4/2 The duplex, triplex, and quadruplex (or fourplex) are forms of housing where the owner..can live in one unit while renting the others. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 11-c/5 (Advt.), Year old 8 plex [etc.]... Pocket the income from our well located four plex. 1986Toronto Star 28 May d1/4 (Advt.), Large Victorian triplex. Potential for legal 6 plex. Lane, private drive.
▪ II. -plex, suffix2.|plɛks|
[A clipped form of complex n.]
A terminal element in several blends designating integrated industrial facilities or other organizations characterized by (the expanded form of) the initial element, as *metroplex n., nuplex n., wasteplex.
1975Nature 17 Jan. 149/1 A project..which is intended to estimate how much of the raw materials needs of such a typical area could be met by a wasteplex, a single, central, all-purpose recycling centre. |