multiply
中文来自 ECDICT
- v.
- 繁殖,乘,增加
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演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 源自 ←古法语 multiplier
- 源自 ←拉丁语 multiplicō
词源说明
From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”).
The noun presumably derives from the verb.
释义(英文)
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
- (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).
- (intransitive) To grow in number.
- (intransitive) To breed or propagate
名词 Noun
- (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.