| 单词 | to double a letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto double a letter a. transitive. To make double; to make twice as many, as much, or as great; to increase or enlarge twofold; to multiply by two; to put two in place of one, as to double a letter in spelling. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase by specific proportion doublec1290 treblea1325 triplea1400 redouble1477 quadruple1487 sextuple1632 quintuple1639 quinquiplicate1656 quintuplicate1676 fivefold1858 tenfold1858 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > multiply by two or double [verb (transitive)] doublec1290 duplec1425 redouble1477 duplify1509 reduplicate1570 duplicate1623 ingeminate1625 geminatea1637 twice1637 iterate1660 c1290 St. Brandan 602 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 236 We wolleþ þeos six dawes doubli al is wo. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 522 Hire grete bounte doubelyth hire renoun. ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 15 Begyn at the lyft side, and doubulle 2. þat wel be 4. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 78 He had leuer double his own payn. 1611 Bible (King James) Rev. xviii. 6 Double vnto her double according to her workes. View more context for this quotation 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 385 Mankind..have..doubled themselves in 360 Years. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 109 I doubled my Pace. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 4 If either its weight or its velocity be doubled, its momentum will be likewise doubled. 1871 H. J. Roby Gram. Lat. Lang. i. v. 22 To denote the length of a vowel..(1) They doubled the vowel. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 136 Ignorance doubled by conceit of knowledge. < as lemmas |
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