multiple
英 ['mʌltɪpl]
美['mʌltəpl]
- adj. 多重的；多样的；许多的
- n. 倍数；[电] 并联
词态变化
复数: multiples;
中文词源
multiple 倍数，数量多的
multi-,许多，多个，-ple,倍数，词源同imply,comply.
英文词源
- multiple (adj.)
- 1640s, "involving many parts," from French multiple (14c.), from Late Latin multiplus "manifold," from Latin multi- "many, much" (see multi-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). The noun is from 1680s, in mathematics, from the adjective. Multiple choice as a type of question attested from 1828. Multiple exposure first recorded 1923.
双语例句
- 1. He gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.
- 他说多处受伤导致了死亡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The government performed competently in the face of multiple challenges.
- 面临多种挑战，政府表现得非常出色。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. multiple copies of documents
- 各种文件的大量的副本
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Three people died in a multiple pile-up in freezing fog.
- 有三人死于冻雾引起的连环车祸中。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The Windows allows a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.
- Windows操作系统允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序.
来自《简明英汉词典》