- 1四倍的；使成四倍
Quadruple means four times as much or four times as many. As a verb, to quadruple something means to multiply it by four — "the company's profits quadrupled in five years" means they became four times bigger.
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組成Latin quadr- ("four") + -uple (an ending used for multiples, like in "double" and "triple").
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quadrupleadj/ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
- 1
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
- He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
quadrupleverb/ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
- 1
To multiply by four.
- Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
- 2
To increase by a factor of four.
- Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.
- Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested.
- 3
rail-transportrailwaystransportTo provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
- On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.
- Quadrupling the short remaining stretch of three-track railway north of Rugby, left over by the turn of the century modernisation, is a possibility that could be pursued.
quadruplenoun/ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
- 1
Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
- 2
hobbieslifestyleskatingA figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
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