multiply
英 [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] 美 [ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ]

vt.& vi.

乘；（使）相乘；（使）增加；（使）繁殖

adv.

多样地；复合地；多倍地；[电学]并联地，多路地

adj.

多层的；多样的；多股的；

变形

过去式：multiplied过去分词：multiplied现在分词：multiplying第三人称单数：multiplies

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 增加 produce a large number of; make greater in number
2. vt. & vi. 繁殖 increase in number by procreation
3. vt. & vi. 乘 combine two numbers by adding one number to itself a certain number of times

英英释义

multiply[ 'mʌltiplai ]

• v.
  • combine by multiplication

    "multiply 10 by 15"

  • combine or increase by multiplication

    "He managed to multiply his profits"

    同义词：manifold

  • have young (animals)

    同义词：breed

  • have offspring or young

    同义词：reproduceprocreate

• adv.in several ways; in a multiple manner

  "they were multiply checked for errors"

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• multiply several-fold增加好几倍
• multiply alarmingly令人惊恐地增加
• multiply beneficially有利地增加
• multiply ceaselessly不停地增加
• multiply deliberately审慎地增加
• multiply enormously大量增加
• multiply mathematically数学上增加
• multiply rapidly繁殖得很快

～+介词

• multiply...by以…乘
• multiply five by three以三乘五
• multiply twice by itself自乘二次

词组短语

multiply by乘以；乘上

同近义词辨析

enlarge, magnify, increase, expand, multiply, augment, amplify

这组词都有“增加，增大”的意思，其区别是：

enlarge主要指面积或体积等的扩大。

magnify可指用光学仪器使物体看上去显得变大；也指事实上把某物增大，有时用于夸张意味。

increase指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。

expand指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。

multiply通常指自然繁殖而产生的增长，有时也指同类事物数量的成倍增加。

augment较正式用词，一般指在原有的基础上增加含量而扩大。

amplify在科技中常指声音的扩大或电磁波的增强。也指补充了细节、详述或扩大内容等。此词系正式用语。

enlarge, extend, stretch, prolong, inflate, expand, increase, multiply, lengthen, add, augment, amplify

enlarge放大（照片）

extend 使…（在空间或时间上）更大，更长；伸长，伸展，延展；舒展（肢体），extend sth

stretch vt 拉长，撑大；绵延，延续

prolong人为的延长时间

inflate 使（轮胎、气球等）充气，膨胀，inflate sth (with sth)

expand 使…变大，扩大，扩展，expand sth into sth

increase 增加，增大（数目、数量、体积等），increase sth from…to…

multiply成倍的增加

lengthen指自然的延长时间或空间

add 加，添加，add sth to sth

augment vt 增多，增大，augment sth

amplify特指音量，电流等的扩大

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. If you multiply four by five, the answer is twenty.
   四乘以五,答案是二十。
2. Let us multiply the height by the width to determine the area.
   用宽乘以高来确定面积。
3. This will multiply our chances of success.
   这将增加我们成功的机会。
4. He managed to multiply his profits.
   他成功地增加了利润。
5. We have to multiply our efforts.
   我们得更加努力。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

1. He learned to multiply at the age of five.
   他五岁学会做乘法。
2. The little boy can add, subtract and multiply, but cannot divide.
   那小男孩会做加法、减法和乘法，但不会做除法。
3. Rabbits multiply quickly.
   兔子繁殖很快。
4. Cells multiply by means of cell division.
   细胞通过细胞分裂的方式来繁殖。

权威例句

Emergence of multiply resistant pneumococci
Multiply attenuated lentiviral vector achieves efficient gene delivery in vivo.
Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits.
How and why species multiply. The radiation of Darwin's finches
Optimizing matrix multiply using PHiPAC:a portable, high-performance, ANSI C coding methodology
A multivariate technique for multiply imputing missing values using a sequence of regression models
Infrared multiphoton dissociation of large multiply charged ions for biomolecule sequencing.
Homozygous Defect in HIV-1 Coreceptor Accounts for Resistance of Some Multiply-Exposed Individuals to HIV-1 Infection
Rapid amplification of plasmid and phage DNA using Phi 29 DNA polymerase and multiply-primed rolling circle amplification
A Method for Gene Disruption That Allows Repeated Use of URA3 Selection in the Construction of Multiply Disrupted Yeast Strains