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单词 quintuple
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
quin•tu•ple /kwɪnˈtupəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌpəl/USA pronunciation   adj., n., v., -pled, -pling. 
adj. 
  1. fivefold;
    made up of five parts.
  2. five times as great or as much.

n. [countable]
  1. a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

v. 
  1. to make or become five times as great: [no object]Under new management our profits quintupled.[+ object]promising to quintuple our profits.
See -plic-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
quin•tu•ple  (kwin to̅o̅pəl, -tyo̅o̅-, -tupəl, kwintŏŏ pəl, -tyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -pled, -pling. 
adj. 
  1. fivefold;
    consisting of five parts.
  2. five times as great or as much.
  3. Music and Dancehaving five beats to a measure.

n. 
  1. a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to make or become five times as great.
  • Neo-Latin or Medieval Latin quīntuplus, derivative of quīntus fifth (see quint1), on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple
  • Middle French
  • 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
quintuple /ˈkwɪntjʊpəl; kwɪnˈtjuːpəl/ vb
  1. to multiply by five
adj
  1. five times as much or as many; fivefold
  2. consisting of five parts
n
  1. a quantity or number five times as great as another
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Latin quintus, on the model of quadruple
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