| 单词 | multiple |
| 释义 | multiple (once / 230 pages) 1adj 2n When you're talking about more than one, you're talking about multiple things. A machine with many fixtures has multiple parts. A person that seems like two totally different people on different days might have multiple personalities. The word multiple comes from the Latin multiplus meaning "manifold." When something exists in multiple forms, it's manifold, or has many kinds. Think of a multiplex theater that can show multiple movies at once. Walk through a garden full of flowers and you'll see multiple kinds of blooms. A multiple is also a number that can be divided into another number without a remainder. Multiples of five, for example are ten, fifteen, twenty... — you get the picture. WORD FAMILYmultiple: multiples, multiplicity, multiply+/multiplication: multiplications/multiplicative: multiplicatively/multiplicity: multiplicities/multiplier: multipliers/multiply: multiplication, multiplicative, multiplied, multiplier, multiplies, multiplying USAGE EXAMPLESCustoms line at Atlanta airport snaking around multiple wings of building. Time(Jan 03, 2017) This is partly because it stimulates multiple biochemical pathways, which may account for its wide range of effects. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) D.C. police are investigating an abandoned U-Haul truck that was found Monday in Southeast Washington with “multiple” ATMs inside, a police spokesman said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 adj having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 2multiple birth multiple ownership made multiple copies of the speech his multiple achievements in public life her multiple personalities a pineapple is a multiple fruit Syn|Ant aggregate composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets bigeminaloccurring in pairs binaryconsisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) double, doubled, two-fold, twofoldtwice as great or many double, dual, dupleconsisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofoldhaving more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities duplex(used technically of a device or process) having two parts manifold, multiplexmany and varied; having many features or forms ternary, treble, triple, triplexhaving three units or components or elements three-fold, threefold, treble, triplethree times as great or many triunebeing three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity four-fold, fourfold, quadruplefour times as great or many four-fold, fourfold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicatehaving four units or components quaternary, quaternateconsisting of or especially arranged in sets of four five-fold, fivefold, quintuplehaving five units or components sextuple, six-fold, sixfoldhaving six units or components septuple, seven-fold, sevenfoldhaving seven units or components eight-fold, eightfold, octuplehaving eight units or components nine-fold, ninefold, nonuplehaving nine units or components denary, ten-fold, tenfoldcontaining ten or ten parts single existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual azygos, azygousoccurring singly; not one of a pair one-man, one-person, one-womandesigned for or restricted to a single person lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitarybeing the only one; single and isolated from others singular, uniquethe single one of its kind sui generisconstituting a class of its own; unique unaryconsisting of or involving a single element or component one-member, uninominalbased on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature) n the product of a quantity by an integer 36 is a multiple of 9 Hypo|Hyper double a quantity that is twice as great as another triplea quantity that is three times as great as another quadruplea quantity that is four times as great as another lcm, least common multiple, lowest common multiplethe smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers mathematical product, product a quantity obtained by multiplication |
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