decuple

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/    美 /dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An amount multiplied by ten.
    — The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ...
动词 v.
  1. To multiply by ten.
    — They were in communication as they had been, that first morning, in Sarah's salon and in her presence and Mme. de Vionnet's; and the same recognition of a great goodwill was again, after all, possible. Only the amount of response Waymarsh had then taken for granted was doubled, decupled now.
形容词 adj.
  1. Tenfold. not-comparable

词形变化

decuples plural decuples present,singular,third-person decupling participle,present decupled participle,past decupled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).
词源 2
From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).
词源 3
From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).
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