新课标多媒体英汉词典

单词详解

1. vt.

A.乘，使相乘(combine by multiplication)

Four multiplied by five is twenty. 五乘四得二十。

B.使（成倍地）增加(increase…by multiplication)

His experience was multiplied as the years passed. 随着岁月的流逝，他的经验丰富了。

C.使繁殖(have young (have offspring or young)

When animals have more food，they generally multiply faster.

动物在有较多的食物时，一般繁殖得较快。

2. vi.

A.增加(increase)

As we climbed up the mountain，the dangers and difficulties multiplied.

我们越向山顶攀爬，危险和困难越是倍增。

B.繁殖(have young babies)

Rabbits multiply quickly. 兔子繁殖很快。

C.做乘法(learn multiplying)

He learned to multiply at the age of five. 他五岁学会做乘法。