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单词 octuple
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Definition of octuple in English:

octuple

adjective ˈɒktjʊp(ə)lɒkˈtjuːp(ə)läkˈtəpəl
  • 1attributive Consisting of eight parts or things.

    由八部分组成的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I couldn't decide whether to feel old and boring or as if I was 14 and on an octuple date.
    • The five octuple launchers are installed with the caps almost flush with the surface of the bow deck behind the main gun.
    1. 1.1 Eight times as many or as much.
      八倍的
      each over-amplified leap or octuple pirouette
      in combination their album went octuple-platinum
verb ˈɒktjʊp(ə)lɒkˈtjuːp(ə)läkˈtəpəl
  • Make or become eight times as numerous or as large.

    (使)成八倍

    with object the new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of Massachusetts have octupled them
    no object prices doubled and quadruple and octupled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Doctors' salaries have octupled, and 22 million vaccination doses have been given to Iraqi children.
    • The penalty shoot-out is unfair because it puts completely unfamiliar demands on a person and then it octuples the stakes.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French octuple or Latin octuplus (both adjectives), from octo 'eight' + -plus (as in duplus 'double').

Definition of octuple in US English:

octuple

adjectiveäkˈtəpəl
  • 1attributive Consisting of eight parts or things.

    由八部分组成的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The five octuple launchers are installed with the caps almost flush with the surface of the bow deck behind the main gun.
    • I couldn't decide whether to feel old and boring or as if I was 14 and on an octuple date.
    1. 1.1 Eight times as many or as much.
      八倍的
      each over-amplified leap or octuple pirouette
      in combination their album went octuple-platinum
verbäkˈtəpəl
  • Make or become eight times as numerous or as large.

    (使)成八倍

    with object the new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of Massachusetts have octupled them
    no object prices doubled and quadruple and octupled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Doctors' salaries have octupled, and 22 million vaccination doses have been given to Iraqi children.
    • The penalty shoot-out is unfair because it puts completely unfamiliar demands on a person and then it octuples the stakes.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French octuple or Latin octuplus (both adjectives), from octo ‘eight’ + -plus (as in duplus ‘double’).

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