amplify

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈæm.plə.faɪ/    美 /ˈæm.plə.faɪ/|[ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ]|[ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ]|/ˈæm.plə.fɑe/|[ˈeːm.plə.fɑe̯]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense. transitive
    — amplify the loudspeaker
  2. To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. transitive
    — Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
  3. To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. transitive
    — amplify a signal. It's amplified so you can hear the audio.
  4. To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

词形变化

amplifies present,singular,third-person amplifying participle,present amplified participle,past amplified past

词汇关系

衍生词
amplicant amplifiability amplitron autoamplify bioamplify coamplify deamplify nonamplifying overamplify preamplify reamplify serial time-encoded amplified microscopy underamplify
相关词
ample amplifiable amplification amplificatory amplifier amplitude

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s
Proto-Italic *amlos?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.
Proto-Italic *amβi
Latin ambi-
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Proto-Italic *plēnosder.
Latin plēnus?
Latin ambiplus?
Latin amplus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin amplificārebor.
Old French amplifierbor.
Middle English amplifiyen
English amplify
Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) + -ficō. By surface analysis, ample + -ify.
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