資料來源 : pyDict
四倍的,四重的,四部組成的四倍數使成四倍成為四倍
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four:
cf. F. quadruple. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Double}.]
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple
alliance.
{Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is
divided into four equal parts.
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, n. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.]
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to
receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrupled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Quadrupling}.] [L. quadruplare: cf. F.
quadrupler.]
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to
double twice. --A. Smith.
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. i.
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become
four times as much.
資料來源 : WordNet®
quadruple
adj 1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four
beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: {quadruplicate},
{quadruplex}, {fourfold}]
2: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the
dosage" [syn: {fourfold}]
n : a quantity that is four times as great as another
quadruple
v : increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"